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Is Your Doctor's Office Online?Recent studies show that 90 percent of surveyed adults who are online would like to be able to communicate with their doctor via the Web, and 77 percent said they'd like to be able to ask their doctors questions where no visit is necessary. Now, an online service is helping people take care of their basic medical needs without ever leaving their home or office.
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Surgical Treatments of Uterine ProcidentiaAs presented under the auspices of the AAGL 33rd Annual Meeting, November 2004
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Physical Bases of ElectrosurgeryElectro-surgery is very important in operative endoscopic surgery and probably represents the cheapest way to carry out a section and a coagulation.
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Polycystic Ovary SyndromePolycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common hormonal diseases affecting reproductive-aged women. In actuality, PCOS includes a spectrum of disorders rather than a single, discrete disease.
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Melatonin Effects on Luteinizing Hormone in Postmenopausal Women: A Pilot Clinical Trial NCT00288262In many mammals, the duration of the nocturnal melatonin elevation regulates seasonal changes in reproductive hormones such as luteinizing hormone (LH). Melatonin's effects on human reproductive endocrinology are uncertain.
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Nonsurgical Management of Uterine FibroidsFibroids are the most common benign tumors of the uterus. These noncancerous growths are present in 20-40% of women over the age of 35. In some women, the fibroids can become enlarged and cause symptoms of excessive bleeding and pain. While the classic treatment of symptomatic fibroids has been surgical removal of the fibroids (myomectomy) or the uterus (hysterectomy) recent advances now afford a nonsurgical treatment.
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New Medical Guidelines for Cervical Cancer Screening: Is there a role for new molecular diagnostics?Some may argue that the new ACOG, ACS and other cervical cancer screening guidelines will detect the majority of at-risk women. We should not be content with settling for identifying a majority of at risk women; rather, we should constantly reassess the availability of useful tests to see if we can improve reliability.
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Subjective and Objective Outcomes of Botulinum Toxin Type A Treatment in VestibulodyniaBotulinum toxin type A may be effective in reducing coital pain in vestibulodynia with levator ani tenderness, but has little effect on vestibular allodynia.
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The Largest FibroidA 68 year old woman had been referred for treatment of a fibroid tumor. Due to the size she was unable to stand or walk, had dyspnea and dysuria.
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Operating Room Use of the 5mm Olympus EndoeyeOBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom the 31st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists (AAGL)
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Twin-to-Twin Transfusion SyndromeThis syndrome, which is poorly understood from both diagnostic and treatment perspectives, results in significant perinatal morbidity and mortality. Improved outcomes depend on a better understanding of the etiology of this devastating disease and on the performance of randomized, controlled trials to evaluate treatment protocols.
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The Correlation Between Lifestyle, Nutrition, Vitamin Deficiency and HPV Induced Cervical ChangesHuman Papillomavirus has emerged as a distinct cause of cervical changes in young women. Its prevalence is continuously growing and is considered at epidemic proportions with 20 million Americans already infected and 5.5 million new cases reported annually. (2) (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tracking the Hidden Epidemics., Trends in STDs in the U.S. 2000, Atlanta, Georgia, 2000)
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Pre Operative Information: Preparing For Your SurgeryNo matter which type of hysterectomy you are having, you are going to need help at home after. There are a lot of things you can do to get ready for this!
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Urinary Incontinence and Uterine ProlapseFemale urinary incontinence and pelvic or uterine prolapsed are increasing problems as the baby boomer generation ages.
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What does a perinatologist do?OBGYN.net Interview with David Augustus Nagey, MD, OBGYN.net Editorial Advisor, Pregnancy & Birth
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Intestinal EndometriosisMost patients with endometriosis do not have intestinal (GI) involvement. Among the difficult cases of endometriosis I see from around the world, only 27% have GI involvement. Since over 1900 patients with endometriosis have undergone surgery at St. Charles, that means I’ve operated on over 500 patients with GI involvement. The symptoms of GI involvement depend on the severity and location of the disease. The severity of disease depends on the depth of invasion into the bowel wall.
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Update on Ectopic Pregnancy: Diagnosis and TreatmentWhereas the surgical approach has long been the standard of care for ectopic pregnancy, a wider range of treatment options is now available--leading to a number of questions for the OB/GYN. Our expert panelists debate the relative merits and drawbacks of methotrexate and various invasive procedures, and also discuss their preferred diagnostic approaches, in managing the patient who presents with signs and symptoms of ectopic pregnancy.
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CA-125: What is it good for?As a gynecological oncologist, I often see patients who want to be tested for cancer because a close family member has just been diagnosed. Understandably, they want to be sure they don’t have it.
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How to use Bayes theorem to estimate sequential conditional risks.Many clinicians and perhaps some statisticians are at odds regarding the correct application of Bayes theorem in integrated risk assessments of screening programs for Down syndrome1. Most standard textbooks show that the posterior odds = prior odds X likelihood ratio but some publications show the use of prior risk X likelihood ratio to calculate the posterior risk. Bayes theorem does refer to probabilities, which is equivalent to the word "risk"
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Prenatal TestingOBGYN.net Conference CoverageINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY:Zagreb, Croatia
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Update on Ectopic Pregnancy: Diagnosis and TreatmentWhereas the surgical approach has long been the standard of care for ectopic pregnancy, a wider range of treatment options is now available--leading to a number of questions for the OB/GYN. Our expert panelists debate the relative merits and drawbacks of methotrexate and various invasive procedures, and also discuss their preferred diagnostic approaches, in managing the patient who presents with signs and symptoms of ectopic pregnancy.
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Surgical Treatments for EndometriosisOBGYN.net Conference CoverageFIGO 2000 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION of GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS: Washington DC, USA
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Biofeedback and the Treatment of Incontinence: Reimbursement HistoryWe are coming out of a dust bowl. When I was asked to write an article on the recent history of biofeedback for treating incontinence and the reimbursement associated with it, my first thought was that it's been a dust bowl. For the last five years we have been working with OB/GYNs, urogynecologists, and urologists from across the country who provide biofeedback.
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Taking the ABOG Maintenance of Certification Examination: Advice and InformationHalf of US ob/gyns need to take the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology's (ABOG) written maintenance of certification test this year. Here are tips from a physician who has already done it.
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Work in Intrapartum SurveillanceOBGYN.net Conference Coveragefrom: International Symposium on Intrapartum Surveillance (ISIS)5th Meeting - Stockholm, Sweden - June, 1999
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6 Ways Ob/Gyns Can Use Social MediaSocial media can help a physician market their practice, build their brand, land a new job and more. Here's how.
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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Don't Let It Sneak Up on YouThe statistics are shocking: One in seven US women will be treated for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) over the course of her lifetime. That translates into more than a million women diagnosed with PID each year.
