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Terrific link on PCOS/Metformin (weightloss & PCOS pregnancies) -- thanks Sue!
From: Joanna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 15 Jul 2001 10:54:40 -0500 (CDT)
Sue,
This is a terrific link! Lots of good information! I understand
PCOS/Metformin much better now. Anyone interested in better
understanding PCOS or Metformin should go to this link!
Thanks!
Joanna
At Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Sue wrote:
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>>Also looking for information that you may have on the link between PCOS and miscarriage. My doctor says there is none, frankly I don't buy it. Why would your insulin levels suddenly be ok once you're pregnant[?].<
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>There is a site that might help you with the insulin-PCO-miscarriage
>link you're seeking (most knowledgeable REs conceed a much higher m/c
>rate with PCO pts than others). It can be found at
>http://blues.fd1.uc.edu/~gartsips/polycyst.htm
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>This site is run by one Dr. Glueck in Cincinnati at Jewish Hospital
>(that's where he practiced 2 yrs ago, I assume he's still at the same
>place), and there is some info in it about m/c. There may not be a
>strictly *causational* link between insulin levels and m/c, but it is
>highly suspected to be a *correlational* link, and that's enough to
>convince some drs.
>
>Good luck!
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