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Tay-Sachs Disease
By: Kristin Kelley
| Published: Oct 29, 2010
In 1881 British opthalmologist Warren Tay made an unusual observation. He reported a cherry-red spot on the retina of a one-year-old patient, a…
Tay-Sachs DiseaseCongenital DisordersHeredity
Niemann-Pick Disease
By: Tristan Cooper-Roth
| Published: Oct 11, 2010
In 1914 Albert Niemann, a German pediatrician who primarily studied infant metabolism, published a description of an Ashkenazi Jewish infant with…
Niemann-Pick DiseasesHuman DevelopmentCongenital Disorders
Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Women
By: Megan O'Reilly
| Published: Mar 24, 2021
Pelvic organ prolapse is a common condition in women that causes the pelvic organs to descend, often resulting from a weakened pelvic floor. Pelvic…
Pelvic PainPelvic FloorPelvisPelvic ExaminationChildbirth
Mitochondrial Diseases in Humans
By: Dorothy R. Haskett
| Published: Jul 11, 2014
Mitochondrial diseases in humans result when the small organelles called mitochondria, which exist in all human cells, fail to function normally. The…
Mitochondrial pathologyMitochondriaCell organellesCell nuclei--TransplantationReproductive technology
“Pelvic Scoring for Elective Induction” (1964), by Edward Bishop
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Feb 23, 2017
In the 1964 article, “Pelvic Scoring for Elective Induction,” obstetrician Edward Bishop describes his method to determine whether a doctor should…
LiteratureBishop, Edward H.ChildbirthLabor, Induced (Obstetrics)Obstetrics
“Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification System (POP-Q) - A New Era in Pelvic Prolapse Staging” (2011), by Cristian Persu, Christopher Chapple, Victor Cauni, Stefan Gutue, and Petrisor Geavlete
By: Megan O'Reilly
| Published: Oct 27, 2020
In 2011, Cristian Persu, Christopher Chapple, Victor Cauni, Stefan Gutue, and Petrisor Geavlete published “Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification…
LiteraturePelvisPelvic PainPelvic FloorPelvis--Diseases
“Pelvic Organ Prolapse” (2007), by John E. Jelovsek, Christopher Maher, and Matthew D. Barber
By: Megan O'Reilly
| Published: Mar 16, 2021
In 2007, physicians John Jelovsek, Christopher Maher, and Matthew Barber published, “Pelvic Organ Prolapse,” in The Lancet. In their article,…
LiteraturePelvic PainPelvic FloorPelvisPelvic Examination
“Levator Trauma is Associated with Pelvic Organ Prolapse” (2008), by Hans P. Dietz and Judy M. Simpson
By: Megan O'Reilly
| Published: Feb 18, 2021
Hans Peter Dietz and Judy Simpson published, “Levator Trauma is Associated with Pelvic Organ Prolapse,” in the journal BJOG: An International Journal…
LiteratureReproductive Health ServicesReproductive HealthReproductive System, FemaleGenital Organs
“The Standardization of Terminology of Female Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction” (1996), Richard C. Bump, Anders Mattiasson, Kari Bø, Linda P. Brubaker, John O.L. DeLancey, Peter Klarskov, Bob L. Shull, Anthony R.B. Smith
By: Megan O'Reilly
| Published: Mar 10, 2021
In 1996, a team of researchers associated with the International Continence Society published “The Standardization of Terminology of Female Pelvic…
LiteraturePelvic PainPelvic FloorPelvisPelvic Examination
“Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain: Epidemiological Evidence of the Relationship and Implications” (2005), by Arnaud Fauconnier and Charles Chapron
By: Anna Guerrero, Emily Santora
| Published: Nov 30, 2019
Arnaud Fauconnier and Charles Chapron published “Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain: Epidemiological Evidence of the Relationship and Implications,”…
LiteratureEndometriosisEndometriumEndometrium--BiopsyLaparoscopy