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Editorial: Leisure lost

CME: Offering mifepristone as an abortion option

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Cover Story: Antepartum and intrapartum risk factors for newborn encephalopathy

While family planning clinics are hailing the FDA's recent approval of mifepristone (RU-486) as a noninvasive way to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, ob/gyns who decide to administer the drug need to familiarize themselves with the research on its advantages and disadvantages.

CME: How to manage bleeding in newborns

Many obstetric malpractice cases focus on fixing the blame for disturbed neurological function in the first days of an infant's life. Results of recent case-control studies, described here by the authors, question the traditional thinking that most of the risk factors are in the intrapartum period.

Cover Story: Recommending exercise during pregnancy

Gives criteria for evaluating and diagnosing bleeding disorders in newborns and tells how to differentiate such disorders in newborns, children, and adults.

Studies show that for most healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies exercising at a moderate- to high-intensity level is safe and may provide long- and short-term benefits.

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Forceps injuries cases, failed tubal ligation, amniotic fluid embolism.

Mucopurulent cervicitis

Should hysterectomy in the woman over 45 include oophorectomy? No

mucopurulent cervicitisA review of diagnostic tests and treatment options.

Should hysterectomy in the woman over 45 include oophorectomy? Yes

Author argues that no, for most women over 45 undergoing a hysterectomy, oophorectomy should not be included as it will not improve longevity or quality of life.

Symposium: Bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy

Yes. The risk/benefit equation still favors oophorectomy to save lives.

Editorial: Election year follies

Bacterial vaginosis is associated with preterm delivery.

Editorial: Election year follies

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