OB/Gyn
<ѻýҕl class='mpt-top_cat_title_description'>News, opinions and meeting coverage in obstetrics and gynecology.ѻýҕl>
<ѻýҕl>Some Birth Control Pills Pose Gallstone Riskѻýҕl>
Some of the newest and most popular oral contraceptives -- including the drospirenone/ethinyl estradiol combo marketed as Yaz -- have been linked to a small, but significant risk of gallbladder disease, according to a large retrospective cohort study.
Apr 20, 2011
<ѻýҕl>ASCO Breast: Gamma Imaging Tops Breast Ultrasoundѻýҕl>
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) outperformed breast ultrasound for evaluating patients with indeterminate mammograms in a retrospective comparison of the two imaging techniques, researchers reported here.
Oct 03, 2010
<ѻýҕl>ACOG Issues New Guidelines for Induction of Laborѻýҕl>
CLEVELAND -- Misoprostol should not be used for inducing labor in women with a history of uterine surgery or a prior cesarean delivery, according to new guidelines issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Jul 21, 2009
<ѻýҕl>ASCO: Five Years of Arimidex Causes Bone Lossѻýҕl>
ATLANTA — Five years of breast cancer adjuvant therapy with an aromatase inhibitor, can lead to a 6% to 7% loss of bone mineral density, a trigger for osteoporosis for women who are borderline osteopenic when they begin treatment, investigators reported here.
Jun 04, 2006
<ѻýҕl>Estrogen Alone Does Not Increase Risk of Breast Cancer
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STANFORD, Calif. - Post-menopausal women who took estrogen alone for more than seven years did not have an increased risk of breast cancer, according to a study of more than 10,000 women ages 50 to 79. The data were dramatically different from a sister study stopped in 2002 of estrogen plus progestin.
Apr 11, 2006
<ѻýҕl>Recurrent Yeast Infections Associated with Chronic Stressѻýҕl>
STOCKHOLM - Women with recurrent yeast infections appear to have lower-than-normal morning levels of salivary cortisol, a sign of stress that could indicate an increased vulnerability to candida, according to a pilot study.
Oct 31, 2005