Although clomiphene citrate and FSH remain the mainstay of therapy for ovarian stimulation among women with unexplained infertility, both drugs have their shortcomings. Two experts present the evidence supporting the value of AIs in this patient population.
A leading expert helps you educate yourself-and your patients-about putting combined HPV-Pap testing into practice. Patient education should stress how common HPV is and explain the high level of reassurance testing negative on both tests affords.
These experts urge meticulous wound closure, as they share their own protocols and tips and review your incision options for complicated open pelvic surgery-especially in obese women.
While managing menopausal patients can be difficult, the real challenge comes in treating perimenopause. This case-based approach offers several practical tips.
Using a risk assessment score that incorporates CA 125 values, prealbumin, and menopausal status may help predict which women presenting with a pelvic mass are most likely to have ovarian cancer, according to this prize-winning paper presented at the 2006 ACOG clinical meeting in Washington, D.C.
You can accurately test for Neisseria gonorrheae (NG) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) using the same liquid Pap specimens collected for cervical cytology, researchers from University of Oklahoma college of Medicine in Tulsa have concluded.
While oral misoprostol isn't superior to vaginal dinoprostone for induction of labor at term, it isn't inferior either. It doesn't lead to poorer health outcomes for women or their infants and offers a preferred route of administration.
Despite all the negative reports in the lay press claiming the latest WHI study proved that calcium/vitamin D supplements do not prevent fractures in postmenopausal women, a closer look at the results clearly shows that they do.
Patient- or partner-administered perineal massage during the last 4 or 5 weeks of pregnancy reduces the number of episiotomies by about 15%, according to a review of trials in the Cochrane Library.
Reserving full karyotyping for the 10% of fetuses with first trimester nuchal translucency (NT) measurements of 4 mm or more and using quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (qf-PCR) for less suspicious samples may be an effective screening strategy that provides rapid results at significant cost savings, according to a recent observational study.
Some studies have indicated that statins inhibit colorectal carcinogenesis in rodents. And one large case–control study from Israel-the Molecular Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer (MECC) Trial-found that people who took statins for 5 years or more cut their risk of colorectal cancer in half.
Because the condition does not seem to adversely affect pregnancy, according to the findings of a recently published study.
Three immunizations with a bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 L1 virus-like particle AS04 vaccine safely induces sustained high levels of antibodies that provide long-term protection against HPV-16 and -18 infection and associated cervical lesions and possibly against HPV 45 and HPV 31-the third and fourth most common HPV types associated with cervical cancer-for up to 4.5 years.
Women who exercise regularly before becoming pregnant are far less likely to develop gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), according to a large prospective study.
The Food and Drug Administration has fully implemented a new program to ensure that the acne drug isotretinoin (Accutane) is not used by pregnant women or those who can become pregnant.
Michael T. Mennuti, MD, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is speaking out against the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act, or S. 1955.
In a 4-3 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court recently ruled that parents can sue physicians for negligent medical advice or failed genetic testing resulting in the birth of a child with disabilities.
The Supreme Court established a trimester-based paradigm to balance a woman's reproductive rights against the state's obligation to protect its unborn citizens. Were today's rhetoric taken to the extreme in a post-Roe world, we could see boycotts of a state's products, services, and tourism.
My doctor put me on Premarin 1.25 for a year. When I went in for my yearly check up she had blood work done and found I had extremely low estrogen and practically no testosterone.
Are these symptoms of Menopause?Am I experiencing Perimenopause?What should I expect from HRT?
Am I experiencing Perimenopause? What should I expect from HRT?
It is in your best health interest to see your gynecologist or primary care physician regarding specific medical problems or concerns.
It is in your best health interest to see your gynecologist or primary care physician regarding specific medical problems or concerns.
It is in your best health interest to see your gynecologist or primary care physician regarding specific medical problems or concerns.
This month's topics: Chronic Pelvic Pain, Ovarian Pain & Cysts, Vulvodynia, Vulvar Pain and Other Questions
New research has found that relaxation and music, separately or together, significantly reduce patients' pain following major abdominal surgery. The study, published in the May issue of Pain, found that these methods in combination with pain medication reduce pain more than pain medication alone.
As a group, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than nineteen million Americans face anxiety disorders each year. And women are more vulnerable to most types of anxiety disorders than men.
There is no sure way to predict which patients will suffer uterinerupture if they attempt VBAC. U/S, however, holds promise forevaluating factors that may suggest increased risk.