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Grasping how these surgical tools work can bolster your skills-and could keep you from being 'burned' by potential dangers.

Finding the best contraceptive for each patient requires that you consider not only medical contraindications but also psychosocial variables that affect the adolescent's ability to use contraception effectively.

Despite the inherent unfairness of viewing a physician's actions through the proverbial "retrospectoscope," in cases involving catastrophic brain injuries, a jury will invariably scour the events of the past to ensure that there was nothing the doctor could have done to potentially avoid them.

Is waking repeatedly to void robbing your patient of a good night's sleep? An expert discusses causes and treatment options that can banish her daytime fatigue-and lower her risk of nighttime falls.

Much hope has been placed on the potential preventative effects of low-dose aspirin, which selectively inhibits thromoxane, a vasoconstrictive prostanoid overproduced by the placenta and platelets of women with preeclampsia.

Is waking repeatedly to void robbing your patient of a good night's sleep? An expert discusses causes and treatment options that can banish her daytime fatigue-and lower her risk of nighttime falls.

American physicians view disease as an alien invader that must be defeated at all costs-thus phrases like "beating cancer" and "the war on cancer" capture the public's imagination.

The patient is a very pleasant 76 year old white female gravida 2 para 2002. Her last menstrual period was in 1974. In 1986, she had a right lumpectomy and radiation therapy for breast cancer.

Questions this month have been answered by:Paul D. Burstein, MD, FACOG, USA, OBGYN.net Osteoporosis Editorial Advisor Michael Kleerekoper, MB, BS, FACP, FACE, OBGYN.net Editorial AdvisorMaria Luisa Bianchi, MD, Italy, OBGYN.net Osteoporosis Editorial Advisor Harvey S.Marchbein, MD, USA, OBGYN.net Osteoporosis Chairman and Editorial Advisor

Questions this month have been answered by:R. Wayne Whitted, MD, MPh, OBGYN.net Osteoporosis Editorial AdvisorHarvey S. Marchbein, MD, USA, OBGYN.net Osteoporosis Chairman and Editorial Advisor

Questions this month have been answered by:Paul D. Burstein, M.D., FACOG OBGYN.net Osteoporosis, Editorial AdvisorClinical Professor Obstetrics & GynecologyUniversity of Wisconsin Medical SchoolRichard D. Wasnich, M.D. OBGYN.net Editorial Advisor Osteoporosis

Question from Russell: Male Osteoporosis I am 74 years old and had a CATscan 3 weeks ago. The xray doctor said that I had a 70% loss is my spine. My medical Doctor put me on Evista, I have been taking extra calcium along with the Evista. I had been taking Lipitor for high cholesterol but the Dr. took me off of that because my blood platelets had gone down to 121,000. Do you have any suggestions?

Clinical situations that typically result in litigation and the variation in jury verdicts and awards across the nation.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the CDC recommends vaccination in females aged 11-12 years with catch-up vaccination in females aged 13-26 who have not been previously vaccinated.

For the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women:A Systematic Review

Inside this Issue: Editor’s Corner President's Message ISGE Training Programme: Tribute to Frau Sybill Storz Hysteroscopic Myomectomy News from around the World Obituary Letter to the Editor

Inside this Issue: President's Letter Editor's Corner Summary of Sessions from 9th Annual ISGE Conference Gold Coast, Australia Laparoscopy and the anterior abdominal wall: A guide to vascular mapping Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery in The New Millennium Interview from the Gold Coast with Dr. Sciarra Interview from the Gold Coast with Dr Liselotte Mettler, M.D. A Letter from a Past President of ISGE Letters to the Editor Update on Chicago Congress, Letters to the Editor

OBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom the 11th World Congress on Human Reproduction, June 2002

OBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom the 11th World Congress on Human Reproduction, June 2002

This month I will discuss a clinical question that is often asked when I lecture about osteoporosis and bone densitometry. The question is when should a clinician obtain a bone densitometry study? To answer the question I will present 2 cases.

Questions this month have been answered by:Barry Gruber, MD, OBGYN.net Osteoporosis Editorial AdvisorHarvey S. Marchbein, MD, USA, OBGYN.net Osteoporosis Chairman and Editorial Advisor

Questions this month have been answered by:Paul D. Burstein, M.D., FACOG OBGYN.net Osteoporosis, Editorial AdvisorClinical Professor Obstetrics & GynecologyUniversity of Wisconsin Medical SchoolMichael Kleerekoper, M.B., B.S.,OBGYN.net Editorial Advisor

Question from Russell: Male Osteoporosis I am 74 years old and had a CATscan 3 weeks ago. The xray doctor said that I had a 70% loss is my spine. My medical Doctor put me on Evista, I have been taking extra calcium along with the Evista. I had been taking Lipitor for high cholesterol but the Dr. took me off of that because my blood platelets had gone down to 121,000. Do you have any suggestions?

A meta-analysis is a systematic review of studies that measures the quality of each study and combines the findings in an unbiased manner.

Sometimes even the simplest cases take on a life of their own. When a patient suffers a postoperative complication, but she's had two surgeries by two specialists in a short period of time, the disagreement between those specialists as to how the complication occurred, and in which surgery it occurred, can turn a straightforward "risk of the procedure" case into a medical mystery.

Recent FDA label changes that put to rest safety concerns about IUDs make them an excellent first-line contraceptive option for most of your patients-even those not in a monogamous relationship.

Recent FDA label changes that put to rest safety concerns about IUDs make them an excellent first-line contraceptive option for most of your patients-even those not in a monogamous relationship.