Women's Health
From the Journals
Uterine fibroids registry looks to provide comparative treatment data
Enrollment of young women in the registry likely will provide reproductive age data as these women seek pregnancy.
News
How more midwives may mean healthier mothers
When it comes to midwife use, the U.S. falls behind other affluent countries. A deeper look at history explains why.
Opinion
The diagnosis and treatment of ureteral injury
In this month’s Master Class in gynecologic surgery, two urogynecologists discuss the management of ureteral injury.
From the Journals
GDM, subsequent diabetes predictive of later renal damage
Kidney stones may be more likely in those women with GDM who progress to diabetes.
Opinion
The FDA’s novel drugs approved in 2017
In this month’s Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation column, Dr. Gerald Briggs explains the state of research on the safety of new drugs for pregnant...
Opinion
Oophorectomy for premenopausal breast cancer
In this month’s Gynecologic Oncology Consult, Dr. Emma Rossi discusses ovarian ablation and removal in treatment of breast cancer.
From the Journals
CARPREG II fine-tunes assessment of cardiac complication risk in pregnancy
The new risk index improves on its predecessor by integrating general, lesion-specific, and delivery-of-care variables, investigators say.
Feature
Trump proposes cutting Planned Parenthood funds
Planned Parenthood, which provides a broad array of reproductive health services, also provides abortion services using nonfederal funds. Cutting...
Conference Coverage
Complete MUS mesh removal not linked to incontinence
SAN FRANCISCO – A retrospective analysis at a tertiary center suggests fear of incontinence should not prevent mesh removal.
Conference Coverage
Drug-related deaths continue to rise in United States
TORONTO – As pregnant women use more opioids, NAS rates are soaring; they rose from 1.2/1,000 U.S. hospital births in 2000 to 8/1,000 in 2014.
News
FDA warns of birth defect risks from dolutegravir
An FDA alert warns of serious neural tube birth defects occurring in babies born to women treated for HIV with dolutegravir early in pregnancy.