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Although properly managing women with APS during pregnancy decreases both maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality, lack of standardization in lab testing can confuse clinicians. Complicating matters further, treatment can sometimes be controversial.

Here's how to identify fetuses affected with one of the three major sickle hemoglobinopathies--along with antepartum and intrapartum management strategies to improve maternal and perinatal outcome.

The latest NIH consensus development panel has concluded that a single course of therapy can improve clinical outcomes for preterm infants. They also caution that more is not necessarily better.

Infectious complications following suction procedures are quite uncommon in the US, but with the introduction of RU-486, that remains an unresolved issue.

Since the CDC recommendations have been put into practice, we've seen a dramatic decline in early-onset neonatal GBS infections. But an expert in the field discusses several unresolved issues and emphasizes the need for continued vigilance to keep the disease under control.

Treating labor-related low back pain with sterile water injections

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Reducing the frequency of menstruation--or simply eliminating it--is a safe and effective option for many women, argues this author. Controlling when and whether menstruation occurs may even be beneficial to their health.

Reducing the frequency of menstruation--or simply eliminating it--is a safe and effective option for many women, argues this author. Controlling when and whether menstruation occurs may even be beneficial to their health.

Although antibiotics have reduced the number of SPT-related postdelivery pelvic venous infections, diagnosing the underlying disease continues to be a challenge.

Inside this Issue: Gynecologic Endoscopy – Partnerships without Borders Editor’s Corner Laparoscopic Surgery in the Year 2001 The Lap-Loop Utilization for Laparoscopic Subtotal and Total Hysterectomy The Use of Endoscopy in Fetal Medicine Painless Laparoscopy? Should Young Women with Uterine Fibroids be Treated with Uterine Artery Embolization Interview with Dr. Camran Nezhat Letters to the Editor

New recommendations from the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

New recommendations from the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

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Pregnancies from assisted reproductive technology or ovulation induction are more likely to result in multiple birth than those conceived spontaneously. In this roundtable, a panel of experts discusses practical strategies to increase the likelihood that ART and OI/IUI will result in a singleton pregnancy.

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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.

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.

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.

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