Word: gynecologist
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...cancer patient Gena Glicklich had received proper treatment from her doctors after discovering a lump in her right breast, her life expectancy would be much higher, a cancer expert testified yesterday during malpractice proceedings against two University Health Services (UHS) physicians and Glicklich's personal gynecologist...
Robbins, however, said that Spievack should not have based his diagnosis on the X-ray test, which he said often yields inaccurate results. Robbins also criticized the conduct of another defendant, Dr. Joan Golub, a private gynecologist Glicklich first consulted after discovering the lump...
...have a long and colorful history. Women in the ancient Far East covered the cervix with cups molded of opium or oiled silky paper. In the 18th century, Casanova advised women to use halves of squeezed lemons. The modern version was developed in 1838 by F.A. Wilde, a German gynecologist. It gained widespread acceptance in Europe but never caught on in the U.S., although it was thought to be as reliable as the diaphragm. A major reason: Birth Control Pioneer Margaret Sanger championed the diaphragm...
...with long vaginas. But the cap has a decided advantage over the diaphragm: it can be reliably left in place for several days (against hours for the diaphragm) and thus affords greater sexual spontaneity. There is even promise of a cap that could be worn for years. In Chicago Gynecologist Uwe Freese and Dentist Robert Goepp are experimenting with custom-fit devices that have a one-way valve to allow menstrual blood to escape automatically...
...shot with all the style and imagination of a thirty-second corn flakes ad. The script by Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller is a masterpiece of banality. Everytime Private Benjamin prepares to turn in, another banal plot development rears its ugly head--and Henri, the French gynecologist, has the ugliest head of all. After transferring to France to be near him, Judy must decide between Henri and the Army...