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Differentiating the life-threatening from the benign causes of low platelet counts in pregnancy is challenging. Experts HELLP you quickly identify which thrombocytopenias could lead to serious bleeding at delivery.

A woman undergoes surgey to remove benign ovarian cyst and dies from internal bleeding.

Woman claims an earlier C/S would have resulted in earlier delivery and no brain damage.

Woman delivers baby by forceps and brachial plexus injury occurs.

Cesarean section performed and bowel perforation discovered a week later.

Not offering genetic testing for a 42-year-old woman results in Down syndrome.

Labor for delivery of first child was long and complicated by a transverse arrest.

A woman delivered at a hospital and the delivery was complicated by shoulder dystocia.

Woman was delivered by midwife, shoulder dystocia was encountered, manuevers and episiotomy were employed for delivery.

Here's practical, evidence based advice on what to tell a pregnant with asymptomatic bacteriuria.

The FDA set up a new Web page to provide postmarket drug safety information to patients and providers.

Department of Health and Human Services refuses to release data on grounds that doing so would infringe on physicians' privacy rights.

Brachytherapy after lumpectomy may be an effective alternative to conventional treatments in women with early-stage breast cancer with breast implants.

Carraguard is not effective in preventing vaginal transmission of HIV.

Altering routine practice patterns could alleviate more than half of hospital litigation costs related to obstetric malpractice.

The current system pays hospitals and physicians for procedures rather than maintaining patients' health. That only encourages the deployment of ever more expensive equipment and therapies, with little evidence that they improve health outcomes.

Asthma during pregnancy can be life-threatening. So counsel patients not to stop taking asthma drugs; most are not harmful to a fetus.

The NIH/NICHD has released new guidelines on electronic fetal heart rate assessment. Two experts summarize the new standards and explain their value.

Consumption of caffeine, whether from tea, coffee, chocolate or caffeinated drinks, increases the risk of giving birth to a low birth weight baby, according to the results of a study published Nov. 3 in BMJ Online First.

Most physicians are incorporating BRCA1/2 genetic testing into their clinical practices in a manner that is consistent with established guidelines, according to the results of a national survey published online Nov. 10 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Breast cancer patients have a better chance of survival if they are given psychological support in the form of group sessions with a psychologist, according to a report published online Nov. 17 in Cancer.

The Joint Commission announced that it will revise and develop accreditation standards for culturally competent patient care in hospitals.

An advocacy group filed a suit in Oklahoma County District Court over a state law prohibiting a woman from having an abortion unless she first had an U/S.

A survery in Illinois before and after medical liability reform was enacted in 2005 shows that since the reforms have been in place, ob/gyns have been less likely to reduce services.

The Bishop score performs better than a cervical score in the mid-trimester as a predictor of spontaneous preterm delivery.

LNG-IUS provides effective treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding and improves quality of life in women with von Willebrand's disease.

The occurrence of medication side effects in women who received endocrine treatment for breast cancer may indicate a decreased risk of cancer recurrence and act as a marker for treatment success.

Babies who are exposed to maternal smoking during pregnancy are more likely to have poor self-regulation and require greater external intervention.