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It is time to implement an integrated electronic health record (IEHR) system in every physician's office and hospital, according to Dr. Lockwood.

The Washington Supreme Court has dealt a setback to physicians by finding unconstitutional a tort reform measure aimed at curbing meritless medical liability lawsuits.

Women prescribed penicillins, erythromycins, and cephalosporins for bacterial infections during their first trimester may be reassured that these ntibacterial agents are not significantly associated with birth defects, new research shows.

Examining the risk management involved in various cases in obstetrics and gynecology

A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (9/23-9/30/09) suggests that if information about maternal complication rates at training hospitals were generally available, a woman would do well to choose her obstetrician on the basis of where he or she did residency.

This article reviews fetal death from nongenetic causes, with an emphasis on the appropriate work-up for these disorders.

Although pregnant women say they would trust information from their doctor about food safety in pregnancy, surveys of patients and clinicians alike find that the topic is often not discussed.

A recent review of seven randomized, controlled trials involving 500 women in four countries found that combined oral contraceptives are of no use in treating functional ovarian cysts that either occur spontaneously or develop as a result of ovulation induction.

Changes recently proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the 2010 e-prescribing incentive program should make the initiative even more attractive to physicians.

The following Q & A article summarizes a discussion in Menopause e-Consult, a newsletter of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS).

A new study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine (9/9/09) supports the Obama administration's claim that improving the efficiency of healthcare delivery would make it possible to cover the uninsured without rationing needed care or raising taxes.

Daughters born to women exposed in pregnancy to bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resin, are more likely to exhibit aggressive and hyperactive behaviors as 2-year-olds.

Although about 95% of obstetricians/gynecologists and nurse practitioners (NPs) screen their female patients for breast and cervical cancer, only bout 75% screen for colorectal cancer (CRC), according to the findings of a recent study.

Researchers studied data on 759 low-risk women who were between 9 and 16 weeks pregnant to investigate whether bacterial vaginosis (BV), Aerobic vaginitis (AV), and abnormal vaginal flora (AVF) in the first trimester increased the risk for preterm birth.

Newborns who have been exposed in utero to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) taken by their mothers are at higher risk for shorter gestational age, preterm delivery and admission to a neonatal intensive care unit.

The woman sued the original hospital and ER physician, alleging negligence by the doctor in failing to recognize the need for an emergency cesarean section.

In spite of public awareness, CVD in women continues to be underdiagnosed and undertreated.

More than 63% of ob/gyns have made changes to their practice because of the risk or fear of liability claims or litigation, and 60% have made such changes because liability insurance is either unavailable or unaffordable.

Help combat the H1N1 flu epidemic with use of online resources and organizational information.

Breast-feeding mothers who engage in resistance and aerobic exercise lose less bone mineral density than their sedentary counterparts do, according to a study in the October issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

Prenatal exposure to the notoriously virulent 1918 pandemic flu increased the risk of cardiovascular disease and growth retardation later in life, according to a study published online Oct. 1 in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.

The risk of adverse obstetric outcomes is elevated in women who conceive while using an intrauterine device (IUD), especially in women who retain the device throughout pregnancy, according to a study in the October issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

The finding that younger women with metastatic colorectal cancer (MCRC) survive longer than younger men?which is not seen in older patients?supports the idea that estrogen may play a role in improved outcomes in the disease, according to research published online Sept. 29 in Clinical Cancer Research.

It is relatively uncommon for women at high risk for breast cancer, but without diagnosed disease, to opt for prophylactic mastectomy, but women diagnosed with breast cancer are increasingly likely to undergo contralateral mastectomy, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in Cancer.

New breach notification rules have been in effect that call for immediate notification of a patient if her personal data are leaked.

The RANKL protein may play a role in a relationship between oxidized lipids and immune-mediated bone loss.

Women who use oral contraceptives have a significantly reduced risk for symptoms of stress urinary incontinence, mixed urinary incontinence, and urgency urinary incontinence, even after adjusting for age, body mass index, and pregnancy history.

The specificity and sensitivity of fetal fibronectin testing are significantly lower for predicting delivery at less than 30 weeks gestation in asymptomatic women with cervical cerclage.