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You can help patients make informed decisions by providing counseling on menopausal changes and therapeutic options. Lower hormone dosages are a significant trend, although controversy exists on whether to prescribe cyclic or continuous combined therapy.

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Two drugs are now FDA-approved for use as postcoital contraception.

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Obstetricians should rethink maintenance tocolytic therapy for preterm labor. After a careful review, the authors find that there is little evidence to support this method.

Research on how cervical adenocarcinoma develops has taken a backseat to the far more common squamous cell cervical cancer--


Who should undergo genetic testing? Before ordering it, three conditions should be met: There should be a greater than 10% likelihood of a positive test; the ordering physician should be able to interpret the result; and the information should be used to make management decisions.



While electronic fetal heart rate monitoring has become a routine part of intrapartum care, abnormal patterns often alarm physicians needlessly. Pulse oximetry can clarify a confusing FHR pattern and may reduce the risk of perinatal complications.

Dr. Lockwood speaks about the legacy John T. Queenan, MD


Inside this Issue: Editor’s Corner - Passing The Torch Past President's Message Laparoscopy: Maintaining Delicate Integrity Culdolaparoscopy Abdominal-Pelvic Pain: When to Operate and When to Not News From Around The World

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A farewell from John T. Queenan

Saying goodbye to our past Editor in chief, John T. Queenan

The presence of meconium can indicate a severely debilitating fetal event. Its exact role in fetal hypoxia, CNS damage, heart rate abnormalities, and pulmonary dysfunction--all hotly debated--is the basis of this discussion.

The presence of meconium can indicate a severely debilitating fetal event. Its exact role in fetal hypoxia, CNS damage, heart rate abnormalities, and pulmonary dysfunction--all hotly debated--is the basis of this discussion.


Report on the ACOG 2001 meeting


After analyzing the clinical research, the authors present a practical approach to the challenge of caring for pregnant women who weigh 250 lb or more. Guidelines for these patients--who tend to have more C/S, larger babies, and longer hospital stays--aim to minimize morbidity and mortality, thus improving perinatal outcome.

Wireless communication, videoconferencing, and the Internet have made telemedicine a reality.

Cancer research has been given a boost by some exciting research in genetics. Findings presented at the AACR annual meeting have important clinical implications for the practicing ob/gyn.

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