Infertility

Plaskitt sought medical advice because she kept putting on weight, despite eating a healthy diet and doing regular exercise.

``For a lot of women this has an awful stigma _ they are overweight, hairy and can't get pregnant _ it is an awful thing,'' she says.

``I was amazed to discover people who have it or who know someone who has it, and they have never been tested for insulin resistance.'' Insulin resistance causes most cases of PCOS and can be treated if recognised, with a combination of diet, exercise and relatively benign drugs.

But despite this, many women with the condition who seek a doctor's help when they can't get pregnant are being referred to expensive and invasive IVF services instead.

Some estimates put the proportion of women who have PCOS who seek IVF treatment at between 30 and 40 per cent.

But there is an argument that IVF is being offered way too early.

``The vast majority of women (with PCOS) don't need it,'' says Sydney endocrinologist Warren Kidson.

``Unfortunately there are a lot of women who are offered IVF long before (other therapies).

It's not just expensive, it's very stressful physically and emotionally.'' The national medical director of Monash IVF, Ga...

Then small coils are released to block the vein.

The coils have Dacron filaments that allow clots to form on the coil, helping to seal shut the faulty vein in addition to the mechanical occlusion.

In this technique, the coils could only be deployed in larger areas of the faulty vein.

The addition of the foaming liquid agent allows physicians to block even the smallest collateral veins which otherwise cannot be blocked.Varicoceles In MenThe standard embolization treatment for varicoceles is already highly effective, with equivalent results to surgery, but is much less invasive and has a much shorter recovery time.

The surgical technique and the U.S.

standard embolization technique both have about a 90 percent success rate.

In the study, 100 percent of the varicoceles were successfully treated with symptom relief, and 12 months out, there are no clinically significant recurrences.

“We expect the addition of foam will improve the embolization technique making it even more effective.

The combination of foam and coils crea...

Then small coils are released to block the vein.

The coils have Dacron filaments that allow clots to form on the coil, helping to seal shut the faulty vein in addition to the mechanical occlusion.

In this technique, the coils could only be deployed in larger areas of the faulty vein.

The addition of the foaming liquid agent allows physicians to block even the smallest collateral veins which otherwise cannot be blocked.

Varicoceles In Men The standard embolization treatment for varicoceles is already highly effective, with equivalent results to surgery, but is much less invasive and has a much shorter recovery time.

The surgical technique and the U.S.

standard embolization technique both have about a 90 percent success rate.

In the study, 100 percent of the varicoceles were successfully treated with symptom relief, and 12 months out, there are no clinically significant recurrences.

"We expect the addition of foam will improve the embolization technique making it even more effective.

The combination of foam and coils create ...