May 14th 2024
A recent study highlights the heightened risks of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality associated with combined cannabis and nicotine use during pregnancy, urging further investigation into their impact on short- and long-term outcomes.
23rd Annual International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer® East
July 19-20, 2024
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15th Annual International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies™
May 11, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: 14th Annual International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies
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4th Annual International Congress on the Future of Women’s Health™
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection™: Exploring Unmet Needs In Postpartum Depression – Making the Case for Early Detection and Novel Treatments
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Identifying Health Care Inequities in Screening, Diagnosis, and Trial Access for Breast Cancer Care: Taking Action With Evidence-Based Solutions
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More quality criteria needed for obstetric care
October 30th 2014A recent population-based study showed a lack of correlation between Joint Commission indicators of elective delivery at 39 weeks’ gestation and cesarean delivery and rates of maternal and neonatal complications in deliveries at New York City hospitals in 2010.
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What’s behind the wide variation in US cesarean rates?
October 30th 2014A study of nearly 1.5 million births in the United States shows that while rates of cesarean delivery vary widely from hospital to hospital, identifying the underlying cause with existing data is difficult. The findings underscore a need for collection by hospitals of comprehensive patient data in order to fully understand and optimize use of cesarean delivery.
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Healthy pre-pregnancy lifestyle may reduce risk of gestational diabetes
October 16th 2014Adopting and adhering to a low-risk, healthy lifestyle before pregnancy is associated with a low risk of gestational diabetes and could be an effective way to prevent the complication, according to a new study in the BMJ.
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Interactive tools may help patients make informed decisions about prenatal tests
October 2nd 2014A computerized decision-support guide may help women make more informed choices about prenatal testing, according to results of a randomized trial published in JAMA. The findings, which require validation in other populations, suggest that, were women better educated about the technology, fewer prenatal tests would be done.
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Group intervention in obese women can curb pregnancy weight gain
September 18th 2014A behavioral program that includes group meetings can help reduce pregnancy weight gain in obese women and the prevalence of large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infants, according to the results of a study supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The findings, from a randomized clinical trial (RCT), were published in Obesity.
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The intangibles of medical training: No benchmark established
September 16th 2014In this era of highly regulated medical training, most residency and fellowship programs establish rigorous educational objectives and procedural curricula for their trainees. Guided by the expectations set by ACOG and ABOG, Ob/Gyn training programs rely upon structured didactic sessions and guided reading recommendations to keep their residents in compliance with these benchmarks.
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Rate of labor inductions on the decline
August 28th 2014A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the number of induced deliveries is on the decline after almost 20 years of increases. The data are taken from the Natality Data File from the National Vital Statistics System and represent births in singleton deliveries, which are the majority of newborns.
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Urinary microbiome may differ in women with urge incontinence
July 17th 2014New research by microbiologists at Loyola University suggests that the urinary microbiome in women with urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) may differ from that in women without the condition, which has implications for management of the disease.
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