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Findings from University of Edinburgh provide new insights into menstruation

Published in OBGYN and Reproduction Week, June 25th, 2007

Researchers detail in "Cyclooxygenase enzyme expression and E series prostaglandin receptor signalling are enhanced in heavy menstruation," new data in menstruation. According to recent research from Edinburgh, the United Kingdom, "Although the mechanisms underlying the causes of heavy menstrual blood loss (MBL) remain to be elucidated, prostaglandins have been previously implicated. This study was initiated to elucidate a pattern of expression of the various components of the cyclooxygenase (COX)-prostaglandin signalling pathways present in the endometrium of women with normal and heavy MBLs."

"Endometrial biopsies were collected at different stages of the menstrual...

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