A 40-year-old female with unremarkable medical history was examined at our department because of an asymptomatic mucosal alteration on the posterior, right side of the hard palate. The alteration was red/brown and located near the maxillary tuberosity (Fig. 1). A seemingly uncomplicated punch biopsy was performed, with oral melanin hyperpigmentation as the histological diagnosis. Treatment consisted of the use of …

Explain Muscle Loss With Menopause The study investigates mice whose ovaries were surgically removed as well as mice without the estrogen receptor in their muscle stem cells and evaluated muscles’ ability to regenerate. It found that the loss of estrogen or genetic deletion of the estrogen receptor in muscle stem cells led to a 30 to 50 percent drop in …

As the title suggests, I had to wait for 10 years until I was able to finally conceive. This is my story. 10 years ago, when I was 26, I was happily married to my wonderful husband, David. We both loved children and wanted to have one of our own someday. We didn’t really look into doing family planning very …