OB/GYN General
Jul 01, 2013
Minneapolis, MN: Researchers have announced the results of a retrospective 5-year study, which shows that echocardiography can be useful in identifying new strategies for combatting the growth failure...
May 16, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy may signal future arrhythmia and heart failure risk in middle age, a population-based study affirmed. Heart failure risk was 88% higher among w...
Apr 23, 2013
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Diclegis (doxylamine succinate and pyridoxine hydrochloride) to treat pregnant women experiencing nausea and vomiting. Diclegis is a delayed-rel...
Apr 22, 2013
A friend called me to say that his wife had just received a rather concerning message after a visit to her gynecologist. They had been away and returned to find this registered letter. Dear Patient, ...
Mar 07, 2013
A research review from the AHRQ suggests that few studies have explored strategies for reducing cesarean births in low-risk women. Available at www.ahrq.gov, the review notes that no single strategy w...
Mar 06, 2013
The Particulars: Identification of HIV infection before or during pregnancy allows for interventions that can reduce perinatal transmission risk to less than 1%. Prenatal HIV testing rates among comme...
Feb 26, 2013
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Osphena (ospemifene) to treat women experiencing moderate to severe dyspareunia (pain during sexual intercourse), a symptom of vulvar and vaginal a...
Feb 11, 2013
Some researchers from Milan, Italy [it had to be from Italy] say that women with the most severe form of endometriosis are also the most attractive. Their study involved three groups of 100 women--...
Jan 28, 2013
Purpose: Low-dose warfarin throughout pregnancy (≤5 mg/day) was suggested to be safe in patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis (MHVP). Being only shown in selected small low-risk groups, we...
Jan 22, 2013
The Particulars: Women with an abnormal placenta sometimes undergo cesarean section to reduce risks of hemorrhage during pregnancy. These women, however, are still at risk for excessive blood loss and...
Dec 26, 2012
Thromboembolism is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is increased four-fold during pregnancy and another five-fold for ...
Dec 21, 2012
Although the teenage birth rate in the US has declined substantially over the past 20 years, it still surpasses those in other industrialized nations. In a continuing effort to reduce the number of...
Dec 19, 2012
Data from the CDC indicate that the birth rate for females aged 15 to 19 declined 25% from 2007 to 2011, dropping from 41.5 to 31.3 births per 1,000, the lowest rate ever recorded for the United State...
Dec 13, 2012
In 2011, the American Thyroid Association (ATA) recommended more stringent thyroid stimulation hormone (TSH) testing criteria. More women will now be defined as having hypothyroidism during pregnanc...
Oct 17, 2012
Although stroke risk during pregnancy appears to be low, morbidity and mortality rates are high among pregnant women who do have strokes. A population-based study estimated that there are just 1.5 cas...
Oct 15, 2012
A study presented at the Anesthesiology 2012 annual meeting revealed sometimes dramatic findings from a 10-year initiative called the “No Pain Labor N’ Delivery China Mission.” In a two-year per...
Oct 11, 2012
The number of women applicants to medical school has increased steadily over the past few decades, rising to 50.8% of all American medical school applicants in 2003 to 2004. Despite this increase, wom...
Oct 11, 2012
The Endocrine Society has revised its clinical practice guideline for the management of thyroid disease during pregnancy and postpartum. Available for free in its entirety at www.endo-society/guidelin...
Oct 01, 2012
In 2012, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) updated screening recommendations for cervical cancer. According to the update, an annual Pap smear is not necessary to prevent death...
Sep 25, 2012
Previous research suggests that timely delivery of appropriate healthcare services may prevent almost half of all pregnancy-related deaths in the United States. Although maternal deaths are increasing...