Terra Rhodes, a 39-year-old wife and mother of five, received a stage 3 cervical cancer diagnosis in March 2024.

People who developed a type of aneurysm with a cervical artery dissection (a tear in the inner lining of the neck artery wall), a known cause of stroke, particularly in young adults, did not have an ...

A D&C removes tissue from the uterine lining and can help diagnose or treat heavy bleeding. During a D&C, you won't feel pain as anesthesia is used. A dilation and curettage, usually called a D&C, is ...

A prospective British ultrasound study has reported an eightfold increase in the risk for cervical scarring in mothers who have cesarean delivery (CD) during advanced labor. Postnatal ultrasound ...

1 Obstetrics & Gynecology Division, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 2 Henrietta Szold Hadassah Hebrew University School of Nursing in the Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, ...

The BMJ is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully "online first" publication. Our publishing model–"continuous publication"– means that all articles appear on bmj.com before being ...

In a creative and humorous attempt to educate expecting mothers, a labor and delivery nurse has entranced viewers with a viral video that compares the different stages of cervical dilation to various ...

An “unripe” or “unfavorable” cervix refers to a cervix that is not yet ready for labor in pregnant women. It is typically firm, positioned towards the back of the vagina, and not effaced (thinned out) ...