Prevalence of Ultrasonography Proved Polycystic Ovaries in North Indian Women with Type 2 Diabetes
August 12th 2006Polycystic ovaries (PCO) and their clinical expression (the polycystic ovary syndrome [PCOS]) as well as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are common medical conditions linked through insulin resistance. We studied the prevalence of PCO and PCOS in women with diet and/or oral hypoglycemic treated T2DM and non-diabetic control women.
Controversies in OB/GYN: Should patients undergoing low-risk C/S receive antibiotic prophylaxis?
August 1st 2006Dr. Chelmow maintains that the benefits and cost savings of prophylactic antibiotics are clear. Drs. Marder and Boggess, on the other hand, say the drugs should only be used when infection risk factors justify it.
Uterine smooth muscle tumors: the benign, the bizarre, and the deadly
August 1st 2006Though most of these common tumors are benign, 0.5% of patients undergoing hysterectomy for presumed fibroids will be found to have a leiomyosarcoma, which usually kills within 5 years if it spreads outside the uterus. And five patients' leiomyosarcomas weren't diagnosed until after UAE.
Grand Rounds: An update on hysteroscopic tubal sterilization
August 1st 2006Now that the device has been available in the United States for several years, there are more clinical data to look at. Here's a brief review of the literature on its indications, benefits, contraindications, and complications.
States get set to institute abortion ban
August 1st 2006Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco is ready to sign a bill that would ban abortions except when a woman's life is threatened by a pregnancy. The bill, which was passed by both houses of the state legislature and sent to the governor in early June, would not go into effect unless the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.