A new study about the female pelvis is casting it in a very interesting light: not only does it widen during puberty, but it also contracts come menopause. The obstetric dilemma hypothesis has been a ...

Women have wider hips than men because their pelves must allow for the birth of large-brained babies. Nevertheless, many female pelves are still not wide enough, which can result in difficult births.

Female sexual disorders are prevalent in developed countries, affecting approximately 25-60% of women. Sexual function is an important aspect of quality of life, sparingly investigated in women ...

Many women assume pelvic floor health issues are simply their fate—part of having vaginal deliveries, getting older, gaining ...

Ultrasound technology has evolved dramatically in recent years. A group of noted obstetricians and gynecologists maintain that ultrasound is more cost-effective and safer than other imaging modalities ...

The Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) Fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is accredited by the ACGME and is compliant with ACGME Program Requirements. It is a ...

"Our findings show there is an opportunity for female pelvic floor medicine/urogynecology specialists to play a greater role in developing pelvic floor educational content for popular social media ...

This article appears in print in the April 2019 issue, as part of the Top Doctors cover story. Click here to subscribe. Jeffrey L. Clemons, M.D., pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, minimally ...

The female pelvic floor is made up of a group of muscles that attach to the front, back and sides of the pelvis, and to the tailbone and sacrum. The sacrum is the large bone at the bottom of the spine ...

Discovery of the most intact female pelvis of Homo erectus may cause scientists to reevaluate how early humans evolved to successfully birth larger-brained babies. A reconstruction of the 1.2 ...