Author: Michael Varner, MD

Executive Editor, 2019 The Utah Women's Health Review
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Endometriosis and hypertriglyceridemia, why we care about severity and typology?

Abstract Background: While plausible mechanisms exist for an association between endometriosis and hypertriglyceridemia, prior studies have shown inconsistent findings, possibly due to the inability to assess endometriosis severity or subtypes. Objectives: Among 473 premenopausal individuals undergoing gynecologic laparoscopy, the present study assessed the association between incident endometriosis and non-fasting serum triglycerides. Methods: Participants were recruited …

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Pregnancy as a Window to Women’s Future Health: An Essay

It has long been recognized that optimal pregnancy outcomes, namely an uncomplicated full-term vaginal delivery for mother of a normal healthy child, are most likely to occur in the maternal age decade from late teens through late twenties. It is not by accident that this is also the decade at which humans are at their …

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Preterm Birth

Complied by Sara Ellis Simonsen, RN, MSPH, and Michael Varner, MD Preterm birth, defined as the birth of an infant at less than 37 completed weeks of gestation, is a serious public health problem in Utah and the United States. Infants born prematurely are at increased risk for morbidity and mortality when compared to infants …

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