Jul 23, 2012

A paper reporting the results of a survey of women surgeons on the topic of pregnancy appears in Archives of Surgery online ahead of print. Responses were received from 1,937 female surgeons — 49...

Jun 05, 2012

Preliminary data in a report from the CDC indicate that births in the United States dropped 3% between  2009 and 2010 to about 4 million. According to the report, available at www.cdc.gov/nchs, the c...

May 01, 2012

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) can be classified as either poorly differentiated, aggressive neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) that have a high propensity for distant metastatic spread or well-differenti...

Apr 17, 2012

A University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center study indicates that women diagnosed with subclinical hypothyroidism during pregnancy appear to be at increased risk for severe preeclampsia when comp...

Apr 03, 2012

From a societal perspective, postpartum influenza vaccination appears to be a cost-effective method for preventing maternal and infantile influenza. A large database and literature review demonstrated...

Mar 26, 2012

Postoperative maternal morbidity after appendectomy and cholecystectomy does not appear to be increased with pregnancy, according to a review of data from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Pro...

Nov 15, 2011

The American Society of Anesthesiologists' annual meeting, Anesthesiology 2011, held on October 15-19 in Chicago, was a comprehensive education program in anesthesiology, focusing on transforming pati...

Aug 09, 2011

According to the CDC, the reported rates of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) range from 2% to 10% of all pregnancies. Immediately after pregnancy, 5% to 10% of women with GDM are found to have diab...

Jul 20, 2010

The American Society of Clinical Oncology, or ASCO, held its 2010 annual meeting from June 4 to 8 in Chicago. The features below highlight some of the news emerging from the meeting. » A New Scree...

Jan 11, 2010

It has been estimated that between 14% and 23% of pregnant women will experience depressive symptoms during their pregnancy. An investigation published in 2003 reported that about 13% of women take an...