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Gynecologic Surgery

Vaginal Hysterectomy: A Simplified Approach to Enter the Anterior Cul-de-sac

Vaginal Hysterectomy: A Simplified Approach to Enter the Anterior Cul-de-sac

Dissecting the bladder from the lower uterine segment and entering the anterior cul-de-sac without injuring the bladder is a major obstacle that prevents more hysterectomies from being performed vaginally. This report describes a simplified... More

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Preterm Birth and 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate

Preterm Birth and 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate

Until recently, there were no approved medications to decrease the frequency of recurrent preterm birth; however, 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P) was granted approval in 2011. Despite the limitations on the indication for its use,... More

Adolescent Gynecology

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Pelvic inflammatory disease is a common cause of acute pelvic pain among sexually experienced adolescent and young adult women. Clinical presentation may vary widely, and the clinician must therefore have a low threshold for evaluating young... More

Menopause Matters

Risks of Being Sexual in Midlife: What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us

Risks of Being Sexual in Midlife: What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us

There is increasing evidence that midlife women are at a higher risk than previously thought for sexually transmitted infection and unintended pregnancy because they’ve become single after separation, divorce, or widowhood. The sexual health... More
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Finding a Practice That Meets Your Needs
Dr Burkman provides guidance-with the help of ObGyn Resident Dr Ariel Cohen-on an issue highly important to residents: how to find the ideal practice.... More

Chronic Hepatitis B in Pregnancy: A Workshop Consensus Statement on Screening, Evaluation, and Management, Part 2
To help improve hepatitis B-related outcomes during and after pregnancy, a workshop was convened on March 10-11, 2010, by the Hepatitis B Foundation, in which prominent practitioners in primary care medicine, maternal and fetal medicine, and hep... More
 

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Patient-Centered Care: A New and Challenging Paradigm in Health Care

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Patient-Centered Care: A New and Challenging Paradigm in Health Care

A number of changes in how health care is delivered in this country can be anticipated as various portions of the recent Affordable Care Act take effect in the coming months and years. In addition to making our current complex and expensive... More

Risks of Being Sexual in Midlife: What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us

Menopause Matters

Risks of Being Sexual in Midlife: What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us

There is increasing evidence that midlife women are at a higher risk than previously thought for sexually transmitted infection and unintended pregnancy because theyve become single after separation, divorce, or widowhood. ... More

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Adolescent Gynecology

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Pelvic inflammatory disease is a common cause of acute pelvic pain among sexually experienced adolescent and young adult women. Clinical presentation may vary widely, and the clinician must therefore have a low threshold for evaluating young... More

Chronic Hepatitis B in Pregnancy: A Workshop Consensus Statement on Screening, Evaluation, and Management, Part 2

Obstetrics Report

Chronic Hepatitis B in Pregnancy: A Workshop Consensus Statement on Screening, Evaluation, and Management, Part 2

To help improve hepatitis B-related outcomes during and after pregnancy, a workshop was convened on March 10-11, 2010, by the Hepatitis B Foundation, in which prominent practitioners in primary care medicine, maternal and fetal medicine, and... More

Vaginal Hysterectomy: A Simplified Approach to Enter the Anterior Cul-de-sac

Gynecologic Surgery

Vaginal Hysterectomy: A Simplified Approach to Enter the Anterior Cul-de-sac

Dissecting the bladder from the lower uterine segment and entering the anterior cul-de-sac without injuring the bladder is a major obstacle that prevents more hysterectomies from being performed vaginally. This report describes a simplified... More

Preterm Birth and 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Preterm Birth and 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate

Until recently, there were no approved medications to decrease the frequency of recurrent preterm birth; however, 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P) was granted approval in 2011. Despite the limitations on the indication for its use,... More
 
 

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Management of External Genital and Perianal Warts (EGW): Proceedings of an Expert Panel Meeting

Management of External Genital and Perianal Warts (EGW): Proceedings of an Expert Panel Meeting

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Testosterone and Female Sexual Health: Issues and Answers

Testosterone and Female Sexual Health: Issues and Answers

In this short video, Dr Michael L. Krychman interviews Dr Sheryl Kingsberg about the use of testosterone in the field of female sexual medicine and the latest research findings. ...More

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Chronic Hepatitis B in Pregnancy

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