Q: Does a woman in her 40s with large fibroids causing heavy periods always have to have a hysterectomy? Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous growths th...

Fibroids are common benign tumours of the uterus and are very prevalent in African-Caribbean women. They can be symptomatic or asymptomatic, if sympto...

September is gynaecological cancer awareness month Cervical cancer Cervical cancer is the fourth most common female cancer in the world with over 250,...

Hysterectomy is a common procedure done by Gynaecologists in the Caribbean, the commonest indication being heavy menstrual bleeding due to uterine fib...

Laparoscopy (key-hole surgery) is a minimal access procedure used frequently in gynaecology. It is either diagnostic or operative. It has numerous adv...

When a patient presents with a vulval symptoms they may complain of a lump or a mass and commonly itching, some would have been treated for yeast infe...

ENDOMETRIOSIS is a chronic condition where the lining of the womb is found outside of the uterus and is commonly found in the pelvis, but occasionally...

UTERINE CANCER IS the 6th most common female cancer worldwide. The commonest type of uterine cancer is Endometrial cancer whose incidence has increase...

POSTMENOPAUSAL bleeding is bleeding occurring 1 year after menopause and has an incidence of 10 percent and a 10-15 percent risk of cancer, most endom...

In the UK, ovarian cancer is the 6th most common cancer in women, with over 6,500 women diagnosed each year, in St Vincent and the Grenadines it is th...

CERVICAL CANCER is the 4th most common female cancer in the world, with over 250,000 deaths and over 500,000 new cases worldwide. In St Vincent and th...

FIBROIDS ARE common benign tumours of the uterus and are very prevalent in Caribbean women. They can be asymptomatic or symptomatic; if symptomatic, t...

ENDOMETRIOSIS IS the presence of endometrial glands and stroma in sites outside of the uterus. Its clinical manifestations may vary sometimes with poo...

HEAVY MENSTRUAL Bleeding is bleeding which interferes with a woman’s physical, emotional and general quality of life. It can be due commonly to: 1. Fi...

by DR JOHN BARKER Bsc MBBS MRCOG, Dip (Risk Management). Obstetrician/ Gynaecologist at Arnos Vale Medical Center. AMBULATORY GYNAECOLOGY is where pro...