NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among older women with breast cancer, specific comorbid conditions are independently associated with decreased survival, according to a report in the Journal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study of single- verus double-balloon catheters for labor induction suggests that both are equally effective, but hints at trends towards more…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women controlling their own epidural analgesia used less bupivicaine and still reported high satisfaction, in a new study of nulliparous women undergoing spontaneous…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women given supplemental oxygen during and after cesarean delivery do not have decreased rates of wound infection or endometritis, according to a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The titanium clip should not be used for postpartum sterilization until further study can show its efficacy, according to the authors of a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among women treated for heavy menstrual bleeding, those undergoing endometrial ablation are less likely than those having a hysterectomy to need subsequent surgery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who are positive for human papilloma virus (HPV) and have low-grade cervical cytological abnormalities but normal colposcopic findings are at low risk…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hysteroscopy using narrow-band imaging (NBI) technology may be more sensitive than white-light imaging (WLI) for diagnosing endometrial cancer and hyperplasia, hint results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A couple of extra sutures makes a difference to the clinical efficacy of a mid-urethral sling procedure for treating female stress urinary incontinence,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clinicians faced with a case of shoulder dystocia during childbirth should consider delivering the posterior shoulder after they’ve tried the two primary accepted…