In a new study, women who initiated hormone replacement therapy soon after beginning menopause and who continued treatment for 10 years had significantly reduced risk of myocardial infarction, heart failure, or death with no increased risk of cancer, venous thromboembolism, or stroke.
Some say ob/gyns should bring up family planning at every annual visit, and proactively counsel women about their future fertility. Do you have enough information to do so?
This middle-aged woman has a mass in the pelvis. What is your diagnosis?
Oral anticholinergic medications and onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox) injections are equally effective for the treatment of urgency urinary incontinence in women, according to new study findings, but have different side effects.
A review comparing laparoscopic hysterectomy versus abdominal hysterectomy for early-stage endometrial cancer has found that rates of overall survival and disease-free survival are similar for the surgical procedures.
A recent study has found that women exposed to bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy may experience changes in their own as well as their baby's thyroid function.
A new formulation of a selective serotonin receptor inhibitor (SSRI)-low-dose mesylate of paroxetine (LDMP)-shows promise for reducing vasomotor symptoms of menopause, according to results of two studies presented at the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) conference.
A study funded by the National Institute Child Health and Human Development shows that anticholinergic drugs and onabotulinumtoxinA injections produce comparable results in women with urgency urinary incontinence. Choice of therapy, say the researchers, should take into consideration route of administration and adverse effect profiles.
This procedure was performed to remove an intracavitary fibroid that failed hysteroscopy on two occasions.
Health care is a major issue in the 2012 presidential election, and President Barack Obama and candidate Mitt Romney have vastly different opinions on how the system should be structured. Whose plan do you support?
What is your diagnosis in the case of this 2nd trimester pregnancy?
According to the findings of a new intervention review and meta-analysis, neither paracervical block with lidocaine nor conscious sedation significantly reduced overall pain scores for tubal sterilization with hysteroscopy.
This patient had severe adhesions of the bladder and uterus following an extensive abdominal myomectomy. The bladder injury was recognized at the time of hysterectomy. A two layer closure is demonstrated using laparoscopic intracorporeal knot tying techniques.
A diet with a low glycemic index has no effect on the incidence of macrosomia in an at-risk group, but a positive effect on maternal outcomes.
A study published online by the Journal of Advanced Nursing found that 87% of women seeking infertility treatment could not correctly identify which days of their menstrual cycle they were fertile, even though 68% said they had accurately timed intercourse in order to conceive.
This image shows a middle-aged woman with pelvic mass. What is your diagnosis?
After unprotected sex, the copper IUD and various oral contraceptives can be used as emergency contraception. What's the most effective option?
New findings offer women with large uterine fibroids a nonsurgical treatment choice that can replace hysterectomy.
Each year, between 300 and 400 physicians in the United States die by suicide, and physicians seek care for depression and other mood disorders at lower rates than the general public.
This woman presented with severe pelvic pain in her third trimester. What's your diagnosis?
Acute or chronic pelvic pain is often due to musculoskeletal disorders, which may go unrecognized during a traditional pelvic examination. Proper evaluation facilitates the diagnosis of spasm or trigger points, and physical therapy often achieves a major improvement in quality of life for these women.
As robotic laparoscopic surgery becomes more common, the debate over safe positioning continues. Discover the keys to safe positioning.
Plaintiff claimed that due to failure to timely deliver secondary to prolonged shoulder dystocia and cord compression, the infant suffered a hypoxic ischemic insult at delivery with concordant seizure activity, anoxia, and catastrophic brain injury.
Recent court cases have given rise to the question: does anyone have the right to patent genes?
In this protocol, Dr. Higgins reviews the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).
Managing a cesarean delivery in a morbidly obese woman presents some challenges. Here's some information to help tackle those challenges.
Women and men gain weight when they eat a high-fat diet and during midlife.
Circumcision of male infants provides benefits that outweigh the risks, according to a recent policy statement from the Task Force on Circumcision of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) endorsed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Some studies in the literature have questioned the benefit of mammographic screening in reducing breast cancer mortality.
ACOG recently issued a practice bulletin for abnormal uterine bleeding. A member of Contemporary OB/GYN's editorial advisory board discusses how the terminology surrounding abnormal uterine bleeding is both confusing and without any form of standardization.