NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ovarian suppression, using a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist, during neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in premenopausal women does not help preserve subsequent ovarian…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a “satisfactory alternative” to hysterectomy or myomectomy for fibroids, according to the long-term results of a randomized comparison…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When shoulder dystocia occurs during childbirth and a McRoberts’ maneuver fails to alleviate the condition, subsequent maneuvers are usually successful — although some…
Teresa L. Knight, MD, FACOG, Chief Medical Officer of the Women’s Health Specialists of Saint Louis, discusses the risks of inherited breast cancer gene mutations. To learn more…
Teresa L. Knight, MD, FACOG, Chief Medical Officer of the Women’s Health Specialists of Saint Louis, discusses menopause and hormone replacement therapy. To learn more about the Women’s…
NEW YORK – Among women about to undergo a cesarean delivery, the addition of a povidone-iodine scrub before entering the OR to a standard povidone-iodine paint application in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus from highly viremic mothers to their offspring is substantially reduced with telbivudine therapy during pregnancy, without any…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite historical recommendations that an episiotomy be performed to prevent brachial plexus injury when a shoulder dystocia occurs during childbirth, a review of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In pregnant women with objective evidence of abnormal vaginal flora, clindamycin administered before 22 weeks of gestation significantly reduces the rate of late…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among women undergoing in vitro fertilization, the need for salpingectomy does not reduce subsequent ovarian response to controlled hyperstimulation for oocyte retrieval, a…