Word: gynecologist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...juvenile-court hearing on Sept. 30, Samson presented the findings of another gynecologist, who had examined Mary and determined that she was 27 weeks pregnant and therefore beyond the point where abortion was even an option. (Legal elective abortions are all but impossible to obtain after 24 weeks.) The court returned Mary to her parents on the condition that she not have an abortion, even though it was a moot point. In the Smiths' view, however, the fact that Mary's pregnancy was too far along for an abortion does not erase their basic complaints about the authorities' treatment...
Foster's allies were livid and rushed back to the chamber. Though the Tennessee obstetrician and gynecologist had acknowledged performing 39 abortions during his 38-year career, no one had accused him of doing or even of condoning the grisly procedure described by Smith. "It's outrageous to bring something like that on the Senate floor," Illinois Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun complained...
...patient strode into the office of New York City gynecologist Robert A. Wilson. To Wilson, she was nothing less than a revelation or, to be more precise, a walking, talking confirmation of his most deeply held medical convictions. Wilson was a leading proponent of treating menopausal women with the female hormone estrogen. He was convinced that, given early enough and continued throughout life, hormone treatment could actually prevent what he called the "staggering catastrophe" of menopause and the "fast and painful aging process" that attended...
...best therapy for perimenopause is "knowing what it is," says Harvard gynecologist Alan Altman. Exercise, a proper diet and not smoking can also help. (Women who smoke reach menopause an average of two years earlier than nonsmokers.) For 85% of women, the symptoms will stop within one year of their final period. But for those who are in too much misery to wait it out, estrogen can do wonders...
...hair. "I wanted to see the encroachment of age," she says, striking one of the themes of the story. "I wanted to see how much gray hair I had and clearly see the lines on my face." Like many women her age, Marten, 46, is being encouraged by her gynecologist to try hormone-replacement therapy. She's resisting, and yet, like so many women, she's sorely tempted. Her 80-year-old neighbor has been on estrogen since age 40 and is "so buoyant it's remarkable," says Marten...