According to self-reported information from young women aged 15 to 24 years, about 14% of those who have never had sexual intercourse received a Papanicolaou (Pap) test during the previous year, and about one-third of those who reported being sexually active did not.
Stillbirth (intrauterine fetal death [IUFD]), often defined as the death of a fetus at or after 20 weeks' gestation, complicates about 1 in 160 pregnancies.
Nearly half of approximately 800 women responding to a recent survey reported that the subject of osteoporosis was not brought up during their last routine ob/gyn visit, according to the North American Menopause Society (NAMS).
Because some practices have been slow to adopt electronic health records, scant evidence exists to support the commonly held notion that EHRs help mitigate liability risk, according to a published report in American Medical News.
Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the urethra, along with static MRI, may benefit women who are experiencing lower urinary tract symptoms by helping to detect pelvic organ prolapse, according to researchers at New York University Medical Center's Department of Radiology.
In an effort to standardize terminology and understanding of assisted reproduction and gain recognition of infertility as a true disease worthy of insurance reimbursement and government funding, the World Health Organization and the International Committee for Monitoring Assisted eproductive Technologies recently released a new international glossary of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) terminology.
Middle-aged women are gaining ground on their male counterparts in their prevalence of myocardial infarction and their cardiovascular risk factor scores, according to a review of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys over time.
The US Preventive Services Task Force's new guidelines for breast cancer screening were met with an outcry from many medical and consumer groups when they were published in November.
Electronic feta l heart rate (FHR) monitoring was introduced in the late 1960s with the hope of preventing intrapartum fetal brain injury and cerebral palsy (CP). However, it is now clear that this hope was unrealistic for at least 2 reasons. First, the false-positive rate of intrapartum FHR monitoring for predicting CP exceeds 99%. Except in the most extreme cases, intrapartum FHR monitoring has never been capable of reliably predicting CP.
Compared with nonsmoking mothers, mothers who smoke are less apt to breastfeed their babies. In addition, among mothers who smoke and who choose to breastfeed, the length of time during which they do so may be shortened, compared with nonsmoking mothers, according to new research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Risk management in obstetrics and gynecology addresses D&C, negligence in removing ovary, prevention of premature delivery
Celiac disease occurs in roughly 1% of all humans. It is an autoimmune condition initially caused by hypersensitivity and hyperimmunity to a class of proteins, called gliadins, which are found in the outer husk of common grains such as wheat, barley, rye, and oats.
About 1 in 200 deaths of women of childbearing age in California is because of Clostridium sordellii toxic shock (CSTS), according to the findings of a recent population-based study.
Investigators have developed and validated 2 new fracture risk algorithms for estimating the individual risk of osteoporotic fracture or hip fracture over a 10-year time period.
Radiation from mammograms and x-rays may increase the risk for developing breast cancer in young women who are already at highest risk for the disease.
I recall I took some comfort in that adage during my residency. However, such bravado was representative of a different era, a time when 36-hour calls, 120-hour workweeks, and 1 weekend off a month were seen as rites of passage crucial to the creation of competent physicians.
Many obstetric healthcare workers are not knowledgeable about the safety and importance of influenza vaccination during pregnancy, according to results of a survey reported in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Undiagnosed or a delayed diagnosis of breast cancer will invariably generate suspicion and anger on the part of any patient, and in turn, the patient may contact a lawyer to investigate the care that you rendered.
Forty percent of women 35 years old or younger with a diagnosis of diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) could conceive with fertility treatments, fertility clinic research shows.
The vaginal route is preferable to the open abdominal route and to the laparoscopic technique for hysterectomy for benign disease, according to an American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) committee opinion.
Increasing urinary concentrations of bisphenol A, a substance used in production of many polymers, correlate with increasing risks of implantation failure, one expert indicates.
Women who participated in a group stress management (mind/body) program before or during their second in vitro fertilization cycle were significantly more likely to achieve pregnancy than women who didn't participate, research shows.
The use of blunt, as opposed to sharp, needles significantly reduces the rate of glove perforation-and perhaps needlesticks-for surgeons and assistants performing cesarean-delivery closure, according to the results of a randomized, controlled trial.
Compared with younger women, older women who undergo combined surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) are almost twice as likely to experience SUI (but not POP) treatment failure.
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, commonly referred to as statins, have gained popularity for their ability to effectively lower cholesterol levels in patients with CV disease, but new roles for statins may be on the horizon.
Under a rule finalized by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), physicians will be required to notify patients of a privacy breach of their records only if the physicians determine that notification is warranted by the level of potential harm, a news report notes.
Mild glucose intolerance during pregnancy may herald cardiovascular disease, according to the results of a retrospective, population-based cohort study in 435,700 Canadian women.
Women older than age 65 years who are overweight and have elevated levels of testosterone are at increased risk for developing coronary heart disease, insulin resistance, and other manifestations of metabolic syndrome.
After a priority review, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals' formulation of tranexamic acid tablets (Lysteda) for the treatment of cyclic menorrhagia.
Treating mild gestational diabetes doesn't improve perinatal mortality or conditions linked to maternal carbohydrate intolerance such as neonatal hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, hyperinsulinemia, and birth trauma. But treatment does lessen other risks.