NEW YORK – Women with heavy or prolonged periods benefit from treatment with an oral contraceptive formulation that combines step-down estradiol valerate with step-up dienogest, a report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Screening pregnant women for chlamydia using urine samples is just as accurate as when cervical secretions are used, suggests a new study published…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to prior assumptions, prolongation of atrioventricular conduction in fetuses exposed to maternal anti-Ro antibodies does not predict progression to complete atrioventricular block…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For abortion in the second trimester performed for fetal anomalies or fetal death, dilation and evacuation (D&E) is considerably safer than the labor-induction…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In cases of benign disease, hysterectomy performed laparoscopically is associated with less postop pain and faster recovery compared with vaginal hysterectomy, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Transcervical Foley catheter is just as effective for inducing vaginal labor as intravaginal misoprostol, but carries less risk of tachysystole, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Implementation of shoulder dystocia training was correlated with a greater than 3-fold decrease in obstetric brachial plexus injuries (OBPI) in a new retrospective…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among women with a singleton pregnancy, prior preterm birth, and a short cervix, cerclage significantly reduces the risk of another preterm delivery, as…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Retropubic or transobturator placement of tension-free vaginal tape are both effective techniques for reducing stress urinary incontinence in women. However, leg or groin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research from Japan suggests that antenatal corticosteroids promote survival in extremely preterm infants born at 22 to 23 weeks gestation. Based on…