Dr. Abbey B. Berenson

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  "Whether the marketing is pushing the women or women are pushing the marketing, I don't think anybody knows," Dr. Berenson said.
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  There are no medical standards for determining what constitutes normal "fitness" or how to evaluate it, said Dr. Abbey B. Berenson, a gynecologist who directs the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
  
  "If this is being recommended to women who have no symptoms, then there are no medical organizations or literature that support that that is necessary," Dr. Berenson said.

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  "Women and their doctors should factor in this new data when choosing the most appropriate birth control method," said lead author Abbey Berenson, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health at UTMB.
  
  "One concern is DMPA's link to increased abdominal fat, a known component of metabolic syndrome, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes," said Berenson.
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  "The findings are worrisome; however, more research is needed to determine if DMPA use directly contributes to obesity-related conditions and puts patients' overall health at risk," said Berenson.
  
  Women using oral contraception did not gain more weight than those using a nonhormonal form of birth control. However, the study found that their body fat increased slightly while their lean body mass (muscle) decreased. Researchers said this was less likely among those women who exercised regularly and consumed a healthy diet that included increased protein intake.
  
  The study will enable physicians to counsel women accurately about the body changes associated with widely used forms of contraception and also shed light on how weight gain might be reversed, said Berenson.
  
  According to Berenson, the mechanism by which DMPA causes an increase in weight gain and fat mass is not known, and no connection was found between DMPA use and caloric intake, fat consumption or amount of exercise on body mass changes. The findings seem to argue against the theory that weight gain could be due to the drug's perceived effects on increased caloric intake and decreased energy expenditure, but ongoing research is needed to confirm or discount varying possible explanations, she said.
  
  UTMB researchers are conducting follow-up studies to determine which subset of women is most likely to gain weight on DMPA. Berenson noted that in ongoing research, preliminary data has shown that approximately 25 percent of women on DMPA experience significant and potentially dangerous body composition changes.

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  Applicants should submit their CV and a letter of interest to Abbey B. Berenson, M.D., director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Mail Route 0587, Galveston, TX 77555-0587, (409) 772-2978, scholarprogram@utmb.edu.

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  "DMPA-related weight gain is linked to increased abdominal fat, a known component of metabolic syndrome, which raises the risk of obesity-related conditions such as cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes," corresponding author Abbey B. Berenson, MD, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, said in a news release.
  
  "The amount of DMPA administered to a woman does not change based on weight, as occurs with some medications," Dr. Berenson said.

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  "DMPArelated weight gain is linked to increased abdominal fat, a known component of metabolic syndrome, which raises the risk of obesityrelated conditions such as cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes," said corresponding author Dr. Abbey Berenson, professor in UTMBs department of obstetrics and gynecology.
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  "The amount of DMPA administered to a woman does not change based on weight, as occurs with some medications," Berenson said.

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  "One concern is DMPA's link to increased abdominal fat, a known component of metabolic syndrome, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes," said lead author Abbey Berenson, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health at UTMB.
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  "The findings are worrisome; however, more research is needed to determine if DMPA use directly contributes to obesity-related conditions and puts patients' overall health at risk," said Berenson.

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  There are no medical standards for determining what constitutes normal ,fitness, or how to evaluate it, said Dr. Abbey B. Berenson, a gynecologist who directs the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women,s Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
  
  ,If this is being recommended to women who have no symptoms, then there are no medical organizations or literature that support that that is necessary,, Dr. Berenson said.
  
  With the ubiquity of pornography, the pelvis had already become a marketable area for modification, ranging from the Brazilian bikini wax to genital surgery referred to as vaginal ,rejuvenation., Doctors have even coined a term for such genital ,beautification,: cosmetogynecology or cosmogynecology.
  
  The advent of the pelvic spa, however, takes body fixation to a new level, furthering the idea that there is no female body part that cannot be tightened, plumped, trimmed or pruned.
  
  ,Whether the marketing is pushing the women or women are pushing the marketing, I don,t think anybody knows,, Dr. Berenson said.
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  And Dr. Berenson questioned whether healthy women need any kind of pelvic strengthening or cosmetic procedure.

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  Abbey B. Berenson, a member of ACOG's Committee on Gynecologic Practice,

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  "DMPA-related weight gain is linked to increased abdominal fat, a known component of metabolic syndrome, which raises the risk of obesity-related conditions such as cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes," Dr. Abbey Berenson, professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology, said.
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  "The amount of DMPA administered to a woman does not change based on weight, as occurs with some medications," Berenson said.

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  One, Dr. Abbey Berenson, a professor of pediatrics and ob/gyn at University of Texas, countered, "I would just like to make a point that it is extremely rare that the nine or ten year old has menstrual cycles and so if we're going to talk about adolescents, let's talk about the mean age of menarche in this country is 12, and I can't imagine where a nine-year-old would get $40 to go buy Plan B over the counter and who would buy it for this nine year old."

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