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With nearly two unborn (or very newly born) New Zealand babies dying every day, more money needs to be invested in keeping pregnant women and their babies healthy, a maternity expert says.Cindy Farquhar, professor of obstetrics...
Days after a government advisory panel rolled back its recommendations on mammography screening for breast cancer, another influential group issued revised guidelines on the use of Pap smears to detect cervical cancer,...
First mammograms. Now -- in an apparent coincidence -- Pap smears. New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually...
1 in 4 thinks it's as short as 34 weeks, potentially adding to preemie delivery rate, experts say FRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Misconceptions about what constitutes full gestation and how soon it's safe to schedule an...
Obese patients are no more likely to have post-operative complications than those of average weight when undergoing robotic surgery to remove uterine fibroids, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital.
The addition of a "genetic sonogram" maximizes the accuracy of non-invasive testing for Down syndrome, said a Baylor College of Medicine researcher who was lead author of a landmark study in the current issue of Obstetrics and...
Dr. Robert Burstein, retired head of obstetrics and gynecology at the old Jewish Hospital, died Saturday (Nov. 14, 2009) at his home in Ladue. He was 83. His family said he had been battling pancreatic cancer. Dr. Burstein...
Nov. 19, 2009 -- Testing Flibanserin At the Congress, researchers reported the pooled results for 1,378 premenopausal women, average age 35, who took 100 milligrams of the drug or a placebo pill during a 24-week period. All...
Since publication of the Institute of Medicine's landmark report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, emphasis on patient safety has steadily increased. Obstetrician-gynecologists should continuously incorporate...
Labiaplasties can be risky, yet the number carried out on the NHS rose by 70% last year Before she had even turned 10, Anna had started worrying that there was something physically wrong with her. "I would look at other girls...
