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Adverse pregnancy outcomes and later cardiovascular disease
Such adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) as miscarriage, preterm birth, low-birth weight, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and placental...
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Obstetric anal sphincter injury: Prevention and repair
The repair of anal sphincter injury continues to evolve. Consider incorporating the ideas in this editorial in your practice.
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Optimize your treatment of endometriosis by using an FDA-approved hormonal medication
For women with endometriosis, if one estrogen-progestin contraceptive results in suboptimal control of pelvic pain, do not...
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Office-based ambulatory cervical ripening prior to inpatient induction of labor
There is growing literature to support the use of ambulatory cervical ripening (CR) for low-risk women—initiating CR in the office, sending the...
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Cesarean myomectomy: Safe operation or surgical folly?
In many countries cesarean myomectomy is now viewed as a safe and effective procedure in carefully selected clinical situations
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For obese postmenopausal women, what options may decrease endometrial cancer risk?
Intentional weight loss, including diet, exercise, and bariatric surgery, as well as progestin treatment, may help this population of women reduce...
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9vHPV vaccine: Prevention of oropharyngeal cancer
Most clinicians and many parents know that the 9vHPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer. Less well known is that the 9vHPV vaccine...
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Please stop using the adjective “elective” to describe the important health services ObGyns provide
Calling a health intervention “elective” risks miscommunicating that it is unnecessary or should have a lower priority than “...
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Major changes in Medicare billing are planned for January 2021: Some specialties fare better than others
The changes decrease Medicare payments for procedural services but increase valuation of office-based services
The Centers...
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New hormonal medical treatment is an important advance for AUB caused by uterine fibroids
Women with fibroids causing symptomatic abnormal uterine bleeding who choose to avoid a therapeutic procedure have a new hormonal treatment option...
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The Fetal Pillow: A new option for delivering the deeply impacted fetal head
For laboring women with a prolonged second stage who require a cesarean delivery, use of the Fetal Pillow will decrease...
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In your practice, are you planning to have a chaperone present for all intimate examinations?
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists now recommends that a chaperone be present for all breast, genital,...
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COVID-19: We are in a war, without the most effective weapons to fight a novel viral pathogen
Although we are in the midst of battle, we will win this fight, alongside the global community of clinicians