OBGYN.net Staff

Levels of exposure that are defined as 'safe' by the official limits, are actually having non-trivial adverse effects, according to new reports.

A number of studies conclude that breast cancer screening has little to no effect on mortality. Is it time to scrap the practice?

In our annual physician compensation survey, find out how your net income, salary, bonus, overhead, and work hours compare to other ob/gyns.

ObGyns are among the least likely physicians to accept new Medicare patients, and more physicians will likely begin refusing Medicare patients if the 27% cut in Medicare reimbursement goes through in 2013. What will you do?

A Phase II trial is underway for Tefina, a testosterone-based treatment for female sexual dysfunction.

Disability insurance is an important part of a well-rounded financial plan.To ensure you purchase the coverage that best fits your specific needs as an ob/gyn, it is crucial that you understand the important points of a policy and know which questions to ask the broker.

As health care expenditures have risen and hospitals struggle to contain costs, there has been greater acceptance of reusing instruments that originally were designed and sold for single-use only. In a new Committee Opinion, ACOG discuss regulatory, safety, cost, and ethical issues surrounding reprocessed single-use devices.

Preoperative measurement of intra-abdominal visceral fat, and the ratio of intra-abdominal visceral fat to subcutaneous fat, may help predict women at greater risk for difficulties during robotic surgery.

Although operative time is longer as compared with laparotomy, minimally invasive hysterectomy in obese patients is safe, with less blood loss and shorter hospital stays.

More than 64% of the adult women in the United States are overweight or obese, and these patients pose special challenges for surgeons. New research examining outcomes and complication rates, particularly in the emerging field of robotic surgery, will allow better management of these patients, and ObGyn.net will be paying special attention to this research at AAGL 2012 in Las Vegas.

ObGyn.net is headed to AAGL 2012 in Las Vegas, and we want to know: Which plenary sessions interest you most?

With AAGL 2012 right around the corner, we’re looking back at some of the most popular articles to come out previous AAGL meetings.

Some say ob/gyns should bring up family planning at every annual visit, and proactively counsel women about their future fertility. Do you have enough information to do so?

Health care is a major issue in the 2012 presidential election, and President Barack Obama and candidate Mitt Romney have vastly different opinions on how the system should be structured. Whose plan do you support?

A study published online by the Journal of Advanced Nursing found that 87% of women seeking infertility treatment could not correctly identify which days of their menstrual cycle they were fertile, even though 68% said they had accurately timed intercourse in order to conceive.

Each year, between 300 and 400 physicians in the United States die by suicide, and physicians seek care for depression and other mood disorders at lower rates than the general public.

A pilot program is dispensing birth control and emergency contraception to students at 13 NYC high schools without informing their parents. Is this a good idea?

The FDA has approved a new ultrasound device to detect breast cancer in women with dense breasts. It will be used in conjunction with standard mammography in asymptomatic women with a negative mammogram.

A new prenatal blood test for trisomy 21 has been released in Europe, and it's targeted to women in their 12th week and beyond. Is it a good thing?

Obesity does not impact perioperative outcomes in women undergoing robotic hysterectomy, according to a recent study.

A controversial new guideline issued by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says doctors should encourage women to deliver without epidurals or caesarean sections. Do you agree?

antidepressants have become the third most commonly prescribed medications in the United States. Research suggests that much of this increase has come from non-psychiatrist providers and in cases where there is no associated psychiatric diagnosis.

A pregnant woman has an open urachal channel and is losing urine through her navel. How would you manage the case?

President-elect of ACOG, Jeanne Conry, MD,advocates for more awareness of and research into how environmental factors prior to conception influence the health of mother and baby, and said, “In medicine we often don't pay attention to environmental research." Is she right?

This month, an article in a major women’s magazine reported on an “under-the-radar issue:” young women whose doctors refuse to perform tubal ligation.

An article in the New York Times drew attention to an impending physician shortage, a phenomenon that has been predicted for years. Is your practice, or your area of the country, feeling the impact?

Week of August 3, 2012: A beloved ob/gyn is suspended, IUD use is on the rise, and the Affordable Care Act's provisions for women kick in.