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Cesarean delivery delayed

After delivery, pelvic abscess was overlooked.

Underestimated fetal size results in Erb's palsy.

After giving oxytocin, shoulder dystocia occurred.

Cerebral palsy due to delay in the operating room?

An unnecessary laparoscopy.

Death of infant due to damaged umbilical cord.

A patient's bowel is perforated during laparoscopy.

ACOG has launched a new program designed to help more physicians send prescriptions to pharmacies electronically.

This year, physicians can expect to find it easier to get medical malpractice insurance and to pay lower rates for it than in the past.

Number of disciplinary actions against doctors fell for the third straight year in 2007.

When it comes to hyperglycemia in pregnancy, no clear blood glucose thresholds exist to determine when your patient is at risk for adverse outcomes.

A new report may help standardize procedures for vaccination during pregnancy.

Vitamin D deficiency is common among newly diagnosed breast cancer patients and is associated with poor long-term outcomes.

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.

A daily dose of transdermal testosterone for 16 weeks improved sexual satisfaction.

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.