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“There is a large osteoporosis treatment gap that has become a global crisis in the care of this disease,” said principal investigator E. Michael Lewiecki, MD."

June 19, 1865, also known as Juneteenth, celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. On this day nearly 160 years ago, Union troops arrived in Galveston, TX to announce the end of the Civil War and the emancipation of slavery in the United States.

Adjunct surgical techniques such as ultrasonic aspiration and argon-enhanced electrocautery may be safely incorporated during primary debulking surgery for patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer with miliary disease, according to a retrospective study in the International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer.

A South Korean prospective study has concluded that an injection of port-site bupivacaine hydrochloride following gynecologic laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LSSS) does not provide any additive effect in alleviating postoperative umbilical pain.

Results of new research suggest that in Canada, hypothyroidism in pregnancy may be overtreated.

A prospective observational study has assessed the clinical relevance of endometrial thickness and abnormal uterine bleeding to endometrial cancer risk in a cohort of postmenopausal patients undergoing diagnostic hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy.

The type and depth of sex education can vary, depending on the form (e.g., comprehensive vs. abstinence only), and other societal and cultural influences. For many teenagers, including Latinx, this could lead to negative sexual health outcomes.

The North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology offers a patient handout on endometriosis. Continue reading for more.

Women who are deaf or hard of hearing have a higher risk of complications in pregnancy, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

As part of the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a patient data center to store medical record data from those infected with COVID-19.

As we are now incorporating the new post-COVID-19 “normal” into our routines, our editor-in-chief, Dr. Catherine Spong, reflects on parallels with changes that went into play with the identification and management of patients with HIV.

Findings from a new study show significant overall survival benefit of Novartis’ ribociclib in hormone receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 negative (HR+/HER2-) advanced or metastatic breast cancer with visceral metastases.

Cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) is a complication in which an early pregnancy implants in the scar from a prior cesarean delivery. Incidence and recognition of this condition appear to have increased over the past two decades, perhaps due to high worldwide cesarean delivery rates. The clinical presentation is variable, and many women are asymptomatic at presentation. CSP can be difficult to diagnose in a timely fashion. Ultrasound is the primary imaging modality for CSP diagnosis. Expectantly managed CSP is associated with high rates of severe maternal morbidity such as hemorrhage, placenta accreta spectrum (PAS), and uterine rupture. Given these substantial risks, pregnancy termination is recommended after CSP diagnosis. Several surgical and medical treatments have been described for this disorder, but at this time, optimal management remains uncertain.

Cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) is a complication in which an early pregnancy implants in the scar from a prior cesarean delivery. Incidence and recognition of this condition appear to have increased over the past two decades, perhaps due to high worldwide cesarean delivery rates. The clinical presentation is variable, and many women are asymptomatic at presentation. CSP can be difficult to diagnose in a timely fashion. Ultrasound is the primary imaging modality for CSP diagnosis. Expectantly managed CSP is associated with high rates of severe maternal morbidity such as hemorrhage, placenta accreta spectrum (PAS), and uterine rupture. Given these substantial risks, pregnancy termination is recommended after CSP diagnosis. Several surgical and medical treatments have been described for this disorder, but at this time, optimal management remains uncertain.

The patient had a history of fibroid uterus and dilated pelvic vessels in the left adnexal region, obscuring the left ovary. On April 2, 2014, the patient was seen as a gyn outpatient at the clinic by Defendant OB. The patient complained it caused her urinary tract irritative symptoms and back pain. An MRI was ordered for evaluation. A 9.9cm exophytic fibroid arising from the posterior uterine body with focal cystic degeneration was seen.

Canadian researchers say that prepregnancy elevated levels of hemoglobin A1C—even below thresholds for diabetes mellitus (DM)—may increase risk of severe maternal morbidity. The findings are from a population-based cohort study published in PLoS Medicine.

Plasma oxytocin levels are significantly higher in oral contraceptive (OC) users than in to non-users, according to a study in Scientific Reports. The cross-sectional study of nearly 200 women also found that scores for satisfaction with life were higher among OC users.

Approximately 1.1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV today. In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, a lack of information exists about whether HIV patients are at an increased risk for contracting the virus.

With ongoing aging of the population, incidence of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is on the increase, and with it the need to increased education for ob/gyns and their patient about proper use of pessaries.

An external validation multicenter international study, in the hands of expert ultrasound examiners, has concluded that the ultrasound-based endometriosis scoring system (UBESS) is accurate in predicting the level of surgical complexity in the presence of bowel deep endometriosis or obliterated pouch of Douglas.

Behavioral methods of contraception are used by less than 3.2% of sexually active women; careful counseling could change that.

Would you be able to recognize this diagnosis in your practice?

A new study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, found that high-dose vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy significantly improved bone health in children.

This is a transcript from our second installment of interviews with obstetricians and gynecologists who specialize in infectious diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a recent interview with Andrew J. Schuman, Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with their Editorial Advisory Board member to gain his perspective on telehealth and the ways in which it’s shaping his practice.

This four-part video interview series explores COVID-19 in pregnancy-including the ways in which it is affecting life and changing the world of obstetrics and gynecology as we know it-and shares things our experts are seeing on the front lines.