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Drug abuse during pregnancy has become more common in recent years. Here's how to intervene in a way that will most benefit both mother and baby.

(PDF) SMFM Patient Handout: Risks of Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) and Amniocentesis

A reader writes regarding the November 2013 article "The transcervical Foley balloon." Are there any data that this method of induction is connected to higher rates of umbilical cord prolapse?

Questions and answers about fetal loss and complications associated with chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis.

Brian A. Levine, MD, MS shares his insight and opinions about his personal and professional use of Google Glass.Dr. Levine is a clinical fellow at the Ronald O. Perleman & Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

New evidence reveals that there may be a benefit to continuing cervical cancer screening beyond age 65 years.

Taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for at least 6 months after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA) may reduce risk of repeat surgery. So say the results of a community-based cohort study of women in the UK who had undergone TKA or THA for osteoarthritis.

Hispanic women are twice as likely as their Caucasian counterparts to suffer from vulvodynia, according to results of a longitudinal population-based study in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Women whose cervical cancer screening ceased between ages 50 and 64 years were 6 times more likely than women who were screened to have cervical cancer from ages 65 to 83 years.

Brian Levine, MD, MS, shows and explains a photo he took while wearing Google Glass in a vacant operating room.

An analysis of over 100,000 births in California showed such a wide variation in costs that the numbers can’t be explained by typical between-hospital variables.

The less a postmenopausal woman moves, the higher her risk of mortality, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

According to a recent observational study in JAMA Surgery, women with early-stage invasive breast cancers have higher rates of disease-specific survival when they undergo breast-conserving therapy (BCT) than women who undergo mastectomy.

The exposure of adolescent rats to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) can alter neurobehavioral pathways in the next generation of offspring, even without direct exposure of progeny to the drug.

Diagnosis and treatment of high-grade cervical dysplasia substantially increases the risk of cervical or vaginal cancer at or after age 60 years, a study finds.

Text messaging appointment reminders led to more flu shots among low-income pregnant women, researchers found.

The use of text messages for appointment reminders led to more flu shots among low-income pregnant women, researchers found.

A simple blood test using plasma thermogram could serve as an effective new indicator for detecting cervical cancer, including assessment of the cancer’s stage.

A small, preliminary study suggests that measurement of heat changes in blood proteins may have potential in detection and staging of cervical cancer. Published in PLoS One, the report describes what may be a unique plasma thermal profile for different disease stages that could help distinguish them from healthy tissue.

An increasing number of American adolescents lack herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 antibodies, making them more susceptible to genital herpes following sexual debut, according to a recent study in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Women exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) are likely to terminate a pregnancy, according to a recent study in PLoS Medicine. Intimate partner violence was also associated with a woman not wanting her partner to know about the pregnancy’s termination.

The key to diagnosing vulvovaginitis in young girls is a good exam and cultures. Poor hygiene is generally the culprit, but other irritants or conditions must be considered.

A diagnosed fear of childbirth in expectant mothers nearly tripled the risk of postpartum depression among women with no history of depression.

The latest devices and gadgetry for minimally invasive gynecological surgery were featured in the exhibit hall at the 42nd AAGL Global Congress on Minimally Invasive Gynecology held just outside of Washington, DC, November 10-14, 2013.