A detailed discussion on gynecology as a specialty between Prassan Vij, MD, and host Nachiket Bhatia, MD. They explore the rewards and challenges of this field, the importance…
Jennifer Lincoln, MD, a board-certified OBGYN, demonstrates a pelvic exam on a simulation model, explaining its components and purpose. She covers the external and internal anatomy assessed during…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new 2-hour test for herpes simplex virus (HSV) identifies women in labor who have the virus in their genital secretions, when thereís…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) during individual physical therapy sessions and home exercise can improve pelvic organ prolapse, researchers from Norway report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Misoprostol plus oxytocin is no more effective than oxytocin alone for controlling atonic post-partum hemorrhage, but it has more side effects, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Delivery of the neonate via emergency cesarean section occurs more quickly with a vertical skin incision than a transverse skin incision, but this…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For distinguishing epithelial ovarian cancer from a benign mass, an algorithm that uses HE4 and CA125 is more sensitive and objective than the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Oral probiotic bacteria were more effective than antibiotics for infectious mastitis during lactation, Spanish researchers report. Bacterial counts in milk were significantly lower…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When hypothyroid women become pregnant, they need to increase their levothyroxine dose by two tablets per week, or 29%, a new trial has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A slight modification to the embryo transfer (ET) technique leads to significantly better pregnancy rates, according to researchers in Iran. They use an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Two techniques are commonly used to collect urine from preterm infants, but a randomized trial shows that catheterization is less painful and more…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A woman who has had one breech presentation is at increased risk for the same in later pregnancies, researchers in Australia report. They…
