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Many private practice obgyn's are feeling the pinch of the current economy. Some of them are selling their practice or filing bankruptcy. Who is to blame for this state of affair?

It used to be that the only way to get new clinical material was to purchase textbooks. Today you can use your iPad, Kindle, or on-line subscriptions to medical journals.

Pregnancy may be complicated by diabetes in two distinct forms: Gestational diabetes mellitus and Pre-gestational diabetes. This educational tutorial goes over classification, screening tests, risk factors, the effects of diabetes and more.

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Breech presentation occurs in 3 to 4% of term pregnancies and it is the most frequent indication for a cesarean section.

This week the FDA pulled its accelerated approval of Avastin for women with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer who have not undergone chemotherapy.

OBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom the ESHRE 2001 Conference - Lausanne, Switzerland

OBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom the ESHRE 2001 Conference - Lausanne, Switzerland

One out of four Americans between 15 and 55 will catch at least one sexually transmitted infection (STI).

October: National Family Sexuality Education Month

This KIDS COUNT Special Report contains some hopeful news for the future of America's families. Since 1991, the percentages of American teenagers getting pregnant, giving birth, or having abortions have all fallen.

PMDD Checklist - Think about how you feel the week before your period

Eighty percent of women experience premenstrual emotional or physical changes, whereas only about 20% to 40% of these women have difficulties as a result.

As mentioned in part 1, 80% of women experience premenstrual emotional or physical changes, whereas only about 20% to 40% of these women have difficulties as a result.

A brain scan study suggests that a suspect gene may increase susceptibility to anxiety and depression,* by weakening a circuit for processing negative emotion.

As we move along through this series of articles, try not be intimidated by "clinical" terms, such as 'personality disorder,' 'borderline,' 'sociopath,' etc. They are just words professionals have come to use in describing different technical aspects of mind and personality.

Surgical checklists add a balance in the operating room. When everyone is one the same page, using the same terms with the same meaning, when there is mutual respect and everyone’s opinion is valued, patient safety is vastly improved.

Upon reflection, it seems almost unbelievable that I have been living with the symptoms of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome for almost twenty years now.

I wish I had a dollar for every time that I heard the phrase, "you need to lose weight and then you'll be fine. If only I could. Lord knows I have tried.

My PCOS story really began in January of 1993, after discontinuing the use of birth control pills. I was 19 years old when I stopped taking the pill, I had with my high school sweetheart since I was 15 years old, and on the pill since I was 16.