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...BREAST Since most breast tumors seem to originate in the milk ducts, why not just remove fluid from the ducts and check the cells for signs of abnormal growth? (That's basically the strategy doctors and other health-care providers use during a Pap smear to check the cervix for signs of abnormal growth before the cells become dangerous.) If there is a problem, so the theory goes, it could be traced to a particular duct, which would then be carefully monitored for signs of malignancy. One major drawback: seemingly abnormal results can be triggered by changes in the breast...
...types of procedures are most commonly used in a second-trimester abortion. In an intact dilation and extraction (D&X) abortion, a doctor first brings the fetus by its feet into the birth canal, leaving the head--too large at that point in pregnancy to pass through the cervix--in the womb. To complete the procedure, the doctor punctures its skull and extracts its contents. In a dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion, the woman's cervix is also dilated, but the fetus is dismembered before being removed in pieces through the vagina. Under questioning from Justice Sandra...
Partial birth isn't a medical term, but it has come to mean the process known as dilation and extraction. In this procedure, a woman's cervix is partly dilated to allow much of the fetus to emerge; a tube is then inserted into its skull and the contents suctioned out, allowing the head to emerge as well. Doctors like Carhart believe it is sometimes the safest way--least harmful to the woman's reproductive system--to remove a fetus of that size. The problem, doctors argue, is that state laws banning this method use language so vague that...
...Last week you suggested that a dining hall Chickwich could be used as a barrier contraceptive. After extensive field testing, we found that it was, in fact, a viable option and effectively barricades the cervix from sperm using both physical and chemical means. A caveat: Chickwiches should not be used during a woman's menstral cycle due to the risk of TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome). Thanks...
...Journal of the American Medical Association. So far, so good. Unfortunately, the test's false-positive rate--how often it indicated that there was a problem when none existed--was almost twice as high as that for the Pap smear. In these cases, a biopsy of the woman's cervix showed no sign of disease...