Clinical Review
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Clinical Review
2015 Update on cancer
When the cancer patient is elderly, how do you weigh the risks of surgery?
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Clinical Review
Should the 30-minute rule for emergent cesarean delivery be applied universally?
4 cases cast doubt on the universality of a 30-minute decision to incision interval when the fetal heart-rate tracing is nonreassuring
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Clinical Review
Get smart about dense breasts
An expert radiologist and dense breast educators address specific questions that will arise in your counseling and care of women who are...
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Clinical Review
Manual vacuum aspiration: A safe and effective treatment for early miscarriage
Surgical management of early pregnancy loss has advantages over medical treatment. For one, patients benefit from a brief procedure using local...
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Clinical Review
2015 Update on pelvic floor dysfunction: Bladder pain syndrome
Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome is difficult to diagnose. Here, updated guidelines on recognition, with tools to help the cause, and...
Medicolegal Issues
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Medicolegal Issues
Postpartum preeclampsia, mother dies: $6.9M settlement
Notable judgments and settlements
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Medicolegal Issues
Signs of chorioamnionitis ignored? $3.5M settlement
Notable judgments and settlements
From the Editor
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From the Editor
Does hormone therapy reduce mortality in recently menopausal women?
Yes. For postmenopausal women aged 50 to 59 years, hormone therapy reduces the risk of death.
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From the Editor
Can we reduce the use of abdominal hysterectomy and increase the use of vaginal and laparoscopic approaches?
Too many hysterectomies are performed using a laparotomy incision. Increasing the use of vaginal and laparoscopic hysterectomy will improve...
Reimbursement Advisor
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News
My go-to Web resources for quick ICD-10 coding questions
Two sites to help providers and coders walk through the coding decision tree
Surgical Techniques
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Surgical Techniques
Vaginal hysterectomy with basic instrumentation
An expert vaginal surgeon details her technique for this procedure, including tips and tricks to facilitate surgery in a woman with a narrow...
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Surgical Techniques
Salpingectomy after vaginal hysterectomy: Technique, tips, and pearls
This expert surgeon emphasizes a careful and deliberate approach in the following technique for vaginal removal of the fallopian tube with ovarian...
Expert Commentary
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Expert Commentary
Does episiotomy at vacuum delivery increase maternal morbidity?
Yes: Median episiotomy was associated with an increased rate of 3rd- and 4th-degree perineal laceration in both nulliparous and multiparous women...
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Expert Commentary
Managing menopausal symptoms in women with a BRCA mutation
Dr. Andrew Kaunitz elaborates on data, presented at NAMS 2015, regarding the use of estrogen and estrogen-progestin in women undergoing risk-...
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Expert Commentary
DenseBreast-info.org: What this resource can offer you, and your patients
A single, medically sourced resource for you and your patients on dense breasts exists. It is called DenseBreast-info.org, and its founders...
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Expert Commentary
When is cell-free DNA best used as a primary screen?
At age 38 years, cell-free DNA screening as the first-line test becomes the optimal strategy; at age 40 years, cell-free DNA as a primary screen...
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Expert Commentary
How to individualize cancer risk reduction after a diagnosis of DCIS
With proper patient counseling and careful decision making, you can reduce the risk of recurrence and invasive disease without overtreating the...
Webcast
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Video
Webcast: How to use the CDC's online tools to manage complex cases in contraception
Mastering these resources for contraception and condition compatibility could go a long way during busy days of patient care
News for Your Practice
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News for Your Practice
What you should know about the latest change in mammography screening guidelines
When the American Cancer Society issued new guidelines, key stakeholders responded with a “Yay” or “Nay”—and sometimes both. How should you...
Commentary
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Commentary
What does Liletta cost to non-340B providers?
Letters from readers
Managing Your Practice
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News
What you need to know (and do) to prescribe the new drug flibanserin
11 questions and answers highlight indications, risks, adverse reactions, and requirements for prescribers