The effect of slow release insemination on pregnancy rates: report of two randomized controlled pilot studies and meta-analysis.

Purpose: A modified application technique of intrauterine insemination (IUI) is slow release insemination (SRI), first described by Muharib et al. (Hum Reprod 7(2):227-229, 1992), who postulated higher pregnancy rates with a slow release of spermatozoa for 3 h.

Methods: To investigate this approach, two randomized controlled, cross-over pilot studies were performed from 2004 to 2006 in Israel and Germany to compare SRI with the standard bolus IUI.

Risk of Vaginal Infections at Early Gestation in Patients with Diabetic Conditions during Pregnancy: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are reported to be at increased risk for infections of the genital tract. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis (BV) and Candida colonization at early gestation between pregnant women with and without diabetic conditions during pregnancy. We included data from 8, 486 singleton pregnancies that underwent an antenatal infection screen-and-treat programme at our department.

Pelvic floor symptoms in female cyclists and possible remedies: a narrative review.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Cycling has become a popular athletic activity worldwide and can lead to genital and pelvic floor dysfunction. This review summarizes the current body of evidence about the epidemiology of genital and pelvic floor symptoms in female cyclists, the therapy, and preventive interventions.

Methods: Two electronic meta-databases, OvidSP™ and Deutsches Institut für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information (DIMDI), comprising 40 individual databases, were searched for studies that described genital and pelvic floor symptoms in association with cycling and studies that tested possible therapies and prophylactic measures.

Anatomic outcomes after pelvic-organ-prolapse surgery: comparing uterine preservation with hysterectomy.

Objective: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is of growing importance to gynecologists, as the estimated lifetime risk of surgical interventions due to prolapse or incontinence amounts to 11-19%. Conflicting data exist regarding the effectiveness of POP surgery with and without uterine preservation. We aimed to compare anatomic outcomes in patients with and without hysterectomy at the time of POP-surgery and identify independent risk factors for symptomatic recurrent prolapses.

Predictors for good therapeutic outcome and drop-out in technology assisted guided self-help in the treatment of bulimia nervosa and bulimia like phenotype.

Objective: Technology assisted guided self-help has been proven to be effective in the treatment of bulimia nervosa (BN). The aim of this study was to determine predictors of good long-term outcome as well as drop-out, in order to identify patients for whom these interventions are most suitable.

Methods: One hundred and fifty six patients with BN were assigned to either 7 months internet-based guided self-help (INT-GSH) or to conventional guided bibliotherapy (BIB-GSH), both guided by e-mail support.

Internet-delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy v. conventional guided self-help for bulimia nervosa: long-term evaluation of a randomised controlled trial.

Background: Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT)-based guided self-help is recommended as a first step in the treatment of bulimia nervosa.

Aims: To evaluate in a randomised controlled trial (Clinicaltrials.gov registration number: NCT00461071) the long-term effectiveness of internet-based guided self-help (INT-GSH) compared with conventional guided bibliotherapy (BIB-GSH) in females with bulimia nervosa.