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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

The First World Congress On: Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & InfertilityPrague, Czech Republic - 1999

The First World Congress On: Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & InfertilityPrague, Czech Republic - 1999

The First World Congress On: Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & InfertilityPrague, Czech Republic - 1999

A prospective study involving a cohort of over 100,000 female registered nurses from the Nurses' Health Study II finds that women who are infertile due to ovulatory disorders are about 25% less likely to develop breast cancer than women who report no fertility problems (covariate-adjusted hazard ratio 0.75; 95% CI, 0.59-0.96).

We need to remember that screening is screening; it's great, but not perfect.

With as many as 9 out of 10 menstruating women reporting some premenstrual moody blues, what criteria do you use to differentiate mild PMS from severe PMS from premenstrual dysphoric disorder? And what treatments are effective?

Half of all adults with this autoimmune disorder don't have the classic GI symptoms, which include bloating and diarrhea. So should you screen women with otherwise unexplained infertility for it? Other ob/gyn complications in women with celiac disease include miscarriage, iron deficiency anemia, and IUGR.

Be careful what you say in the clinical setting. That truism was brought home to me recently by a patient who burst into tears in a preoperative area.

Lawsuits are often premised upon how soon after a patient's treatment her injuries occur. With the support of contemporaneous documentatilon, and a dose of logic and credible science, the flimsy structure upon which many of those claims are based often crumbles.

Women who smoke cigarettes and who are infected with high levels of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) increase their risk of cervical cancer as much as 27-fold, according to a Swedish study, which is one of the largest to date on the subject.

Adding the anthracycline epirubicin to cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil (CMF) is superior to CMF alone as adjuvant therapy for early breast cancer, regardless of estrogen-receptor status, tumor grade, or patient age.

Reducing dietary fat intake by about 35% reduced the risk of a relapse event in women with resected, early-stage breast cancer receiving conventional cancer management by about 24%, according to interim efficacy results from the Women's Intervention Nutrition Study, the first large-scale randomized trial to test whether a dietary intervention can improve outcome in women with breast cancer.

More than 1 year of therapy with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) increases the risk of hip fracture by about 40%, according to results from a nested case–control study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.

Women who receive higher amounts of daily magnesium, either from their diet or supplements, have a modestly lower risk for hypertension, according to a report in the December issue of the American Journal of Cardiology.

Children born to women who take fish oil supplements during late pregnancy have better eye/hand coordination at age 2 to 3 years than their counterparts whose mothers did not take the supplements, according to a study published online Dec. 21 in the Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition.

Among high-risk women, apparently there's no improvement in low birthweight when clinicians provide earlier or more intense prenatal care.

The effect of Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) on sexual function in the male is well documented. However, there is little literature in female patients.

Body Mass Index, Percent Body Fat, and Regional Body Fat Distribution in Relation to Leptin Concentrations in Healthy,Non-Smoking Postmenopausal Women in a Feeding Study

Questions this month have been answered by:Simon Kipersztok, MD, OBGYN.net Osteoporosis Editorial Advisor Alice Rhoton-Vlasak, MD, OBGYN.net Osteoporosis Editorial Advisor Barry L. Gruber, MD, OBGYN.net Osteoporosis Editorial Advisor

Questions this month have been answered by:Harvey S. Marchbein, MD, FACOG, FACS, OBGYN.net Osteoporosis Chairman and Editorial Advisor

I have a good friend who recently broke a rib. She is not very active and is 54 years old. After 6 weeks, she feels her rib is not healing well. She continues to have pain and difficulty breathing. She has tried many calcium supplements and cannot tolerate them through her digestive tract. She has been diagnosed as having osteoporosis. What alternative treatments are available to her to aid in the healing of her rib? Thank you for your help. Regards, Rebecca

Not according to a 2005 survey of fourth-year medical students at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. The researchers-who presented their findings at the Florida Obstetric and Gynecological Society annual meeting-surmise that concerns about increasing medical liability premiums are contributing to a decline in medical students wanting to specialize in ob/gyn in the state, reported Medical Liability Monitor (9/2006).

When I started practicing "menopause medicine" 40 years ago, Dr. Robert Wilson's book, Feminine Forever was on the bestseller list. Today, as I approach the pinnacle of my career, Suzanne Somers' Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones is on the shelves. The titles are different but the message is the same: the promise of eternal youth . . . .

Quite often, the expectation of what is 'normal' leads patients to question their own gastrointestinal physiology.

To guide health-care providers about the role of calcium in peri-and postmenopausal women, The North American Menopause Society recently developed an evidence-based statement.

Diagnosing and treating women with vulvar vestibulitis can sometimes seem more art than science. Here an expert reviews the available evidence and describes his approach.