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In postmenopausal women, oral estrogen is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism.

Although caring for a woman whose unborn is at the edge of viability can be heart-wrenching, NICHD now offers a clinical tool to individualize counseling and provide a more accurate prognosis.

Experienced colposcopists' evaluations of cervical lesion grades based on static digital images have fair to poor reproducibility.

Lipid profiles have predictive value in determining the risk of coronary heart disease events in postmenopausal women taking HT.

Most women being tested for mutations in the breast CA antigen (BRCA) genes have already decided their preferred course of action before learning the outcome.

A low-dose estradiol spray may significantly decrease hot flashes in healthy postmenopausal women with vasomotor symptoms.

Neural block reduces hiot flashes in breast cancer survivors.

Although some physicians are using EMR systems, the nation is not closer than it was in 2004.

According to a recent survey, husbands don't pressure wives to have babies sooner than they want.

Diet really does lower the risks for coronary heart disease and stroke among middle-aged women.

Three months of dietary supplementation with flaxseed lowered total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.

Seems little difference exists in available osteoporosis drugs when it comes to nonvertebral fractures.

Combining MRI and mammography for women at high risk for breast cancer.

The FDA proposed sweeping changes to physician labeling for prescription drugs and biologic products to provide more accurate information about using the agents during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Gradually increasing fiber intake to 28 g daily decreased constipation and associated symptoms in women with pelvic floor disorders.

Combining mammography with U/S boosts the breast cancer detection rate in women at high risk by almost 30%.

Parvovirus B19 infection can be fatal to a fetus if maternal exposure is not diagnosed and treated during pregnancy. An algorithm tells how.

Birth control regimens that manipulate the hormone-free interval: telling patients what to expect.

Advice to patient whose husband has penile lesion: get him to his doctor quickly. Possible differential diagnoses/treatments are discussed.

Once monthly dose of Actonel has been approved to treating and preventing postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Manual CD/DVD publishing system for ob/gyn practices that have digital ultrasound.

New software technology providing virtual real-time remote access to labor-and-delivery waveform data.

Poor communication between doctors, misdiagnosis, and an inadequate medical workup led to a multimillion dollar settlement.

Applying a lubricant to the perineum can reduce the need for an episiotomy.

Readmission for total laparoscopic hysterectomy are more than twice that seen after total abdominal hysterectomy.

Clinicians surveyed 1,039 women who delivered at Robert Wood Johnson University, ob/gyn division regarding what women want from an ob/gyn practice.

Two experts review 5 global endometrial ablation techniques: uterine balloon, circulating hot water, cryotherapy, radio frequency electrosurgery, and microwave energy.

IUDs are usually not recommended for women at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases.