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		<title><![CDATA[New Study Supports that the Use of Vaginal Estrogen is Safe in Women with a History of Breast Cancer]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology published a study in September 2023 that investigated whether treating with vaginal estrogen for vulvovaginal symptoms of menopause posed a safety risk to breast cancer survivors, particularly the risk of breast cancer recurrence. The conclusion, that they found NO increase in risk and therefore the use of vaginal estrogen appears to be safe in breast cancer survivors, regardless of whether they had estrogen receptor positive (ER+) versus estrogen receptor negative (ER-) breast cancer.1
In the United States, breast cancer is the #2 cancer affecting women and will likely affect 1 in 8 women within their...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vaginal Estrogen Does Wonders For Women With Recurrent UTI’s]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/vaginal-estrogen-does-wonders-for-women-with-recurrent-utis/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 11:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
			<guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/?p=215]]></guid>
			<description><![CDATA[From American Urologic Society (AUS) Best-Practice Statement: Recurrent UTI in Adult Women November 2023 - Volume 29 - Issue 11 Brubaker, L. et al.
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You will see in this article that the AUS correctly recommends vaginal estrogen for Recurrent UTI’s  which FGI has long since advocated. Notice the study also looked at the presence of Lactobacilli. While they did not look at the concentration of Lactobacilli, there was a dramatic difference between the presence in vaginal treated women compared to those not receiving estrogen. Also notice that oral estrogen was not effective. All these findings are congruent with the Fowler Gyn Approach.
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“Vaginal estrogen should...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Are So Many Docs SO Ignorant]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/why-are-so-many-docs-so-ignorant/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 20:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
			<guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/?p=212]]></guid>
			<description><![CDATA[As recent as ten years ago, many docs did’t know the term “vulvodynia.” The condition has been around since the first report of symptoms consistent with the condition published in the medical literature in the 1870’s. That’s 150 years ago. Most docs had not heard of vulodynia even by the turn of the century in 2000. Today nearly all gynecologists know the term vulvodynia and understand the symptoms. But there is nobody I know of,  except myself, claims to have a treatment that consistently works.  I 1997 all the vulvovaginal experts in the world who were gathered at Beveno, Italy...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Purpose of Progestins]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/purpose-of-progestins/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[When estrogen alone is administered, it stimulates the uterine lining called the “endometrium” to transform into its proliferative phase. During the menstrual years, this phase lasts between 6-20 days with the average being 14 days. After the ooycte is released from the ovarian follicle, known as ovulation, the follicle space in the ovary transforms into the corpus luteum that secretes progesterone (P4). The progesterone stimulates the glands located in the endometrium to secrete their nourishing substances, known as the secretory phase of the endometrium. These nutrients help sustain a fertilized egg.  If no fertilized egg arrives inside the uterus then...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[What is so Unique About the Fowler Gyn Approach?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/what-is-so-unique-about-the-fowler-gyn-approach/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 08:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[The most unique feature is the use of advanced diagnostic testing with qualitative Vaginal Fluid Analysis testing (VFA Test). Other gynecologists continue to use the century old technique of Wet Preparations. Fowler Gyn International Laboratory is CLIA certified and utilizes reagents, staining and quantification techniques with analysis under phase contrast microscopy. It appears that Dr. Fowler is the only gynecologist in the US that has CLIA certified laboratory dedicated to the complex analysis of vaginal constituents. Moreover, Dr Fowler discovered the etiology  of a set of related chronic vulvovaginal conditions; vulvodynia, chronic vaginal bacterial infections, recurrent yeast infections, urinary frequency...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[All the Common Approaches to Vulvodynia... That Don’t Work]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/all-the-common-approaches-to-vulvodynia-that-dont-work/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 12:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vulvodynia causes burning, stinging, rawness or just flat out pain  at the vaginal opening. Over the last 150 years, treatments that have been proposed have been based on the theory it’s a problem of the genital skin and nerves. Dr. Fowler discovered that the stimulation of the skin and nerves is secondary to the underlying etiology. Moreover, the Fowler Gyn Approach does not use the common treatments that have been popularized because none of these have resulted in consistent sustained success. These include use of tricyclic antidepressants like Elavil® (amitriptylline), Pamelor® (nortriptyline), Norpramin® (desipramine), or Tofranil® (imipramine), aminoketone class of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vaginal Rejuvenate Therapy (VRT)- Part 2]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/vaginal-rejuvenate-therapy-vrt-part-2/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 09:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Based on your age, hormone profile and results of the VFA test, Dr. Fowler selects the proper place in the algorithm of mixed bio-identical hormone doses that you should start with. There are 42 different doses in the FGI algorithm. It takes 4 months to allow the majority of the response that will be induced by a particular dosage. The progress is measured by the change in the six VFA parameters.
Dr. Fowler has found that each woman has a narrow band-width to which they respond. There is no response with too little hormone and there is no response if too...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vaginal Rejuvenate Therapy (VRT)- Part 1]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/vaginal-rejuvenate-therapy-vrt-part-1/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Based on the VFA test results and your hormone profile(HP), the FGI Approach uses two to six vaginal ingredients, collectively known as the Vaginal Rejuvenate Therapy (VRT) for therapy.
The considerations in the HP are as follows: your age, proximity to menopause, factors that influence your endogenous estrogen production such as lifestyle stress, exercise and body weight, whether you still have sexual arousal wetness and a q-tip assay for vaginal moisture which you can preform.
While the rest of the medical world still believes that vulvodynia is a condition limited to the vulvar skin and nerves, the FGI Approach recognizes that it...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Etiology of Vulvodynia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/the-etiology-of-vulvodynia/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[The etiology of chronic vaginal burning pain, a condition come to be known as Vulvodynia, eluded physicians for over a century. Hope for relief from the pain was dismal. Internet stories abound of women having their lives ruined due to inability to concentrate at work, engage in intercourse, exercise or enjoy social functions. That all changed when a Mayo Gynecologist,  R Stuart Fowler, M.D. discovered the underlying etiology. There proved to be two types. The most common etiology is altered vaginal microflora where the vaginal secretions turn from a neutral to an irritant. Dr. Fowler created the designation, Altered Flora...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Getting Vulvodynia to Totally Resolve]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.fowlergyninternational.com/blog/getting-vulvodynia-to-totally-resolve/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 08:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>turboadmin</dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[There is trick to getting Vulvodynia to totally resolve. One must have a treatment formula that will allow the vulvar skin, particularity located in the vestibule, to totally turn over several times under perfect non-irritated conditions. It seems all gynecologists in the world have been taught and believe, except for the experts at FGI, that vulvodynia is a condition of the vulvar skin and nerves. In truth, that’s secondary to the real etiology. But the vulvar skin, especially the vestibule is where the pain emanates from. Treating the skin and/or the nerves is only bandaid therapy covering over where the...]]></description>
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