Clinical Review
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Be vigilant for vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia— here is why
VIN is on the rise, but you can arm yourself with strategies to prevent, detect, and treat it, according to a new Committee Opinion from ACOG and...
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2012 Update on Obstetrics
The authors examine the high cesarean delivery rate; ongoing interest among women for home birth; management of postpartum hemorrhage; and...
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A reasoned plan to manage a persistent Category-II FHR tracing
When intrapartum fetal heart-rate monitoring reveals a persistent Category-II tracing, you don’t have to linger in limbo—you can respond in a...
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UPDATE ON URINARY INCONTINENCE
For managing stress incontinence, new data on the efficacy of pessaries and behavioral therapy and the safety and success of sling procedures,...
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UPDATE ON OSTEOPOROSIS
New guidance on benefits and risks of bisphosphonate therapy; a novel, food-friendly bisphosphonate formulation; and the risk of fracture in users...
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Is private ObGyn practice on its way out?
Last year’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was designed to nudge you out of private practice. The law isn’t the only pressure on...
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UPDATE ON PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION
We need to expand the differential diagnosis for chronic pelvic pain to include pelvic myofascial pain
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Vulvar pain syndromes: Making the correct diagnosis
Many cases of generalized vulvodynia and localized vulvodynia (vestibulodynia) are mistakenly attributed to yeast infection, pudendal neuralgia,...
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UPDATE ON SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
Among women affected by cancer, the further affliction of sexual dysfunction is widespread
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Vitamin D and pregnancy: 9 things you need to know
Because the fetus derives vitamin D exclusively from maternal stores, a low level in a pregnant woman can have serious repercussions
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UPDATE ON CONTRACEPTION
When it comes to the morning-after pill, physicians need a wake-up call