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Fertility Week
3rd – 9th September 2012 Fertility Week is part of “Your Fertility”, a national education campaign providing information about factors that affect fertility and having healthy children. Please go to www.yourfertility.org.au for fertility-related information for men and women. Please give us any feedback regarding this website. Read more
ART conception slightly increases the risk of adverse outcomes for mother and baby. At a recent R.C.O.G. Conference in Malaysia, Professor Arulkumaran noted that there were more adverse events and perinatal risks for mothers undergoing ART procedures. Obstetricians have been aware that mothers involved with ART procedures are at high risk. In developed countries 4% […] Read more
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Alcohol and Pregnancy
Studies suggest low and moderate drinking in early pregnancy has no adverse on children aged 5. A series of papers published in the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology show that alcohol consumption of between 1 and 8 drinks per week have no quantitative effects on I.Q., attention span, executive functions, such as pain, organisation […] Read more
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Surgical First at North West Private Hospital
Dr Terry Sheahan and his gynaecological surgical team have performed the first advanced gynaecological laparoscopic procedure in Queensland using the new Olympus Thunderbeat technology which incorporates both harmonic scalpel and bipolar diathermy technology. A massive dermoid was removed laparoscopically and the patient was discharged home within 24 hours Read more