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The measurement of two biomarkers in women with ovarian masses appears to be accurate in disginguishing which patients are most likely to have cancer.

Prolonged bisphosphonate use may be associated with an increased risk of low-energy femur fractures in older women.

Fatty acid ethyl esters in meconium may identify infants who are at risk of mental and psychomotor developmental delays due to fetal alcohol exposure.

Health care in America is far too expensive; reform will require sacrifices from doctors, hospitals, lawyers, patients, and insurance companies.

The government, nonprofit hospitals, insurers, and technology companies have been striving to get doctors and patients to embrace electronic and personal health records.

A Nurse's Health Study finds that the greater a woman's caffeine consumption, the lower her risk for ovarian cancer.

Do not screen pregnant women who are at low risk for preterm delivery for bacterial vaginosis (BV).

An anonymous survey of 360 health-care employees working at an urban tertiary care facility reveals that the vast majority have no idea that at least 10 mL of blood per culture is necessary for an optimal yeild of organisms.

Almost three quarters of women who develop puerperal psychosis (PP) experience hypomanic symptoms by 3 days postpartum.

While film mammography remains the gold standard for breast cancer screening, new mammographic techniques and modalities are promising to improve sensitivity and specificity.

Book charts fetal growth throughout pregnancy via 2D and 3D U/S

Ureter injury after hysterectomy

Failure to obtain ob backup alleged

Failure to timely inform physician of changes on FHR strip

Would earlier C/S have prevented brain damage?

In a survey of faculty and resident physicians at three teaching hospitals, researchers found that 92% of 338 respondents would report a hypothetical error it it resulted in major harm.

Alleged negligent management of nonreassuring FHR

Fetal-maternal monitors with optional external touch-screen display

Boot-like stirrups help convert exam table into procedure tables.

Should hormone therapy be stopped before surgery? Does low libido in women require testosterone testing? The pelvic exam: At what age should it be discontinued?

Failure to respond to FHR tracing

Phyisicians have to explain the risks of patient care in plain English, without trivializing the dangers or overestimating them. Cautious optimism may be in order but don't soft pedal the threat of complications.

Appendicitis in pregnancy should be treated as a surgical emergency. By quickly ruling out cholecystitis or pyelonephritis, surgery can begin before a burst appendix threatens a patient's life.

Was this hysterectomy unnecessary?

Uterine perforation during endometrial ablation

Failure to stop oxytocin until FHR deterioration

Placenta accreta, increta, and percreta can threaten or take a pregnant patient's life when massive hemorrhage ensues. Experts give life-saving strategies for such a surgical emergency.

Adhesion barriers and controlling excess bleeding during pelvic surgery are easier than ever-thanks to biotechnology advances.