OBGYN.net Staff

The first three-dimensional mammography system has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Clinically diagnosed and undiagnosed cases of Addison disease (AD) are associated with hip fractures in patients aged 30 years and older, with the highest risk in women aged 50 years or younger, according to a study published online Jan 19 in the Journal of Internal Medicince.

Women who are extremelly obese may not need to gain as much weight during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy as current guidelnes recommend, according to research presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, held from Feb. 7 to 12 in San Francisco.

In utero and early infancy exposure to diagnostic X-rays may increase the risk for childhood cancers, according to research published online Feb. 10 in BMJ.

Women who administer their own analgesia (patient-controlled epidural analgesia [PCEA]) during labor as compared to being administered a continuous epidural infusion (CEI) use less analgesia but experience similar levels of satisfaction, according to research presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, held from Feb. 7 to 12 in San Francisco

Consumption of folate prior to or during pregnancy does not appear to protect women from spontaneous preterm delivery, according to data presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, held from Feb, 7 to 12 in San Francisco

Prenatal exposure to piperonyl butoxide may delay mental development at 36 months of age, according to research published online Feb. 7 in Pediatrics.

Public-sector research institutions (PSRIs) appear to play a bigger role in drug discovery than was previously thought, contributing to the discovery of about 10 to 20 percent of drugs approved for new drug applications since 1990, according to research publisted in the Feb. 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

A 46-year-old patient presented for a second opinion on a mass found within the right breast on a prior outside mammogram. The patient denies any lumps or pain within either breast.

Prenatal surgery for myelomeningocele decreases the need for shunting and improves motor outcomes at 30 months, though it is linked to an increased risk of preterm delivery and uterine dehiscence at delivery, according to a study published online Feb 9 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Patients who have limited sentinel lymphs node (SLN) metastatic breast cancer have similar survival rates when treated with sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND), according to a study published in the Feb. 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Infants exposed to HIV in the womb, but not infected at birth, have lower infant-specific antibody responses against some diseases, compared to infants not exposed to HIV, according to a study published in the Feb. 8 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association

Metabolic syndrome appears to have little impact on sexual function in middle- to old-aged women, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Initiating mammography at a younger age and screening more frequently than the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends will likely result in more lives saved, according to a study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that terbutaline administered by injection or through an infusion pump should not be used in pregnant women for prevention or prolonged (beyond 48-72 hours) treatment of preterm labor due to the potential for serious maternal heart problems and death.

Prenatal screening and treatment of pregnant women can prevent chlamydial infection among neonates.

CDC recommends routine vaccination to prevent 17 vaccine-preventable diseases that occur in infants, children, adolescents, or adults. This report provides information for clinicians and other health-care providers about concerns that commonly arise when vaccinating persons of various ages.

Nocturia is a strong predictive factor of mortality in men and women younger than 65, with a dose-response pattern of increased mortality risk with increasing number of nightly voiding episodes, according to a study in the February issue of The Journal of Urology.

Women do not appear more likely to seek out psychiatric help after a first-trimester abortion than before one, according to research published in the Jan. 27 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Women with breast cancer who are treated with anti-estrogens have a lower lung cancer mortality rate than the general population, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in Cancer.

Women who experience childhood trauma and go on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) as adults, may be more likely to have weight problems, according to a study published in the December issue of Journal of Tramatic Stress.