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An expert in the field provides a balanced approach to protecting patients from this potentially lethal infection.

An expert in the field provides a balanced approach to protecting patients from this potentially lethal infection.

In the 2 years since I completed my ob/gyn training, I've had four jobs in three different practice settings in three different cities. I'm now headed back where I started geographically, combining the practice of obstetrics and gynecology with raising a rambunctious 7-year-old boy and a 9-year-old Hllary Duff-wannabe as a single parent.

Letters of recommendation about former employees can put you in legal hot water?unless you follow these guidelines

She is the first of my cohort to die. Age 46. Endometrial cancer.

Acute pelvic pain early in pregnancy can be linked to a number of conditions, including appendicitis and urolithiasis. When the cause is torsion, saving the organ requires immediate and accurate treatment.

In our Controversies in OB/GYN section, Drs. Bachmann, Gupta, and Weiss discuss their opinions on the condition of androgen insufficiency in women.

Although I am the new interim administrative director, I am familiar with the society. In fact, I am one of the founding members and I was the first ISGE secretary. Compared to the early years of the society, endoscopy today is much more advanced.

Nearly twice as many women as men suffer from clinical depression, and up to 50% of ob/gyn patients have the disorder or its symptoms. Since you may be the only clinician many of these women see, you're uniquely positioned to detect its presence and steer patients toward appropriate treatment.

Delay in aggressively treating out-of-control, unremitting vomiting in pregnancy can dehydrate, deplete, and nearly starve a woman and her fetus. This expert's approach tells you how to quickly distinguish developing hyperemesis gravidarum from something more benign.

The only way for women's health care as we know it to survive is if young ob/gyns lead the way in saying NO. Let's stop taking the horrible contracts offered by insurance companies, HMOs, and managed-care organizations and take back control of our futures.

The challenge is to identify this potentially life-threatening infection in time--and to treat it aggressively. The condition can appear out of the blue after vaginal delivery, C/S, or any gynecologic surgery.

There are two surgical approaches to tubal sterlization: open and closed. The open approach is commonly used for postpartum tubal sterilization, concomitant cesarean delivery, and interval minilaparotomy.

When I finished my presentation at the annual meeting of the North American Menopause Society, I was amazed to see the audience stand and applaud. It was heartwarming, but as I thought about it, I realized the applause was not for me.

IVF "refund" programs have been around for more than a decade and patients seem to like them. But critics question whether such "money-back" offers--and the physicians involved--are ethical or exploitative. This article will help you better answer patients' questions about the pros and cons.

Once a common cause of perinatal death, Rhesus (Rh) disease is now quite rare in pregnant women, thanks in large part to advances in ultrasound and DNA technology. But the fact that roughly 7 out of every 1,000 liveborn infants are delivered by Rh-sensitized women emphasizes the need for more vigorous preventive efforts and up-to-date management skills.

The first multiethnic longitudinal study of the menopause ever done in the US, the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) is changing our ideas about the change of life.

The dopamine agonists cabergoline and bromocriptine have replaced surgery for prolactinomas, a key cause of infertility. Two experts share their protocols for treating these benign tumors and explain which drug to choose when pregnancy is the goal--and which better restores menses.

Many women are more impaired by premenstrual symptoms such as depression, anxiety, mood swings, and anger than by physical changes. Lower and luteal-phase dosing with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors is an effective treatment strategy.

Folic acid, calcium, and iron are essential not only during pregnancy but also for long-term health. But supplements may not meet all of a patient's nutritional needs.

Once a common cause of perinatal death, Rh disease is now quite rare in pregnant women, thanks in large part to advances in U/S and DNA technology. But the fact that roughly 7 out of every 1,000 liveborn infants are delivered by Rh-sensitized women emphasizes the need for more vigorous preventive efforts and up-to-date management skills.