OB/GYN News

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Articles in Oct 15, 2003, issue of OB/GYN News

• Malpractice woes haven't cut access: government report
  by Jennifer Silverman
• The stigma of depression
  by Judith Brysk
• Extended-use OCs pose 'educational challenge': warn about breakthrough bleeding
  by Doug Brunk
• Antibiotic Tx beneficial in PPROM, choice of agent is controversial: reduces chorioamnionitis by 40%
  by Sherry Boschert
• Data Bank tracks fraud convictions, exclusions: up and running for 4 years
  by Joyce Frieden
• Students need more pain management training: education effort underway
  by Jennifer Silverman
• Many asthmatics don't get yearly flu vaccine: rate 1 in 5 among younger patients
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Office visits by specialty in 2001
• Pap guidelines questioned
  by Bryan S. Jick
• Protocol supports immediate start of DMPA at first visit: don't wait until next menses
  by Doug Brunk
• Checks and balances of team approach can stem errors in labor and delivery: behavioral interventions studied
• Medication cost may be root cause of nonadherence: ask your patients
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Employers not tightening provider networks: avoiding a 'bitter remedy'
  by Joyce Frieden
• Medical reference: up to date
  by Thomas G. McLeod
• Doctors rethink impact of WHI on clinical practice: menopause group issues report: research suggests that timing may be key to treatment success, fewer adverse events
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Are you in compliance with the HIPAA rule on electronic health transactions?
• Trio of strategies may help prevent preterm birth: high-risk women
  by Sharon Worcester
• Screen for fetal hyperthyroidism at 24-26 weeks: Graves' disease
• Consumer involvement won't curb costs: selecting providers
  by Joyce Frieden
• FDA advises against drinking star anise tea: 40 reports of illness
  by Diana Mahoney
• Clinical pearls: hysterectomy
  by Bruce L. Flamm
• CMS says noncompliant claims will be processed: HIPAA regulations: 'contingency plan' for Medicare claims
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Should physicians conduct spiritual histories of their patients?
  by Harold G. Koenig
• Use multiple modalities for monitoring in growth-restricted fetuses: Doppler, biophysical profiles
  by Sharon Worcester
• New methods may halt postpartum hemorrhage: compression by sutures, garments
  by Sherry Boschert
• Plan to redirect academic health funds slammed: reaction to IOM report
  by Jennifer Silverman
• Faster eating associated with more reflux: your mother was right
  by Damian McNamara
• Remembering Jack O. Scher: founding publisher
  by Elizabeth Lohr
• Mind/body approach may help ease infertility: target depression
  by Nancy Walsh
• UCSF's experience with vaginal breech delivery: data from 1980 to 1991
  by Sherry Boschert
• Birth control help
• CMS may pay physicians less for some Medicare drugs: injected and infused drugs
  by Jennifer Silverman
• Thrombolytic therapy during CPR being put to the test: out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
  by Bruce Jancin
• Two West Nile cases tied to tranfused blood: watch for fever, headache, encephalitis
  by Betsy Bates
• Nipple discharge? Clinical history is essential to diagnosis: look to color for clues
  by Doug Brunk
• Medical abortions on the rise: planned parenthood
  by Doug Brunk
• Hepatitis C awareness
• Hormone therapy outreach
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Venlafaxine XR matches paroxetine for panic disorder: equal efficacy, tolerability
  by Bruce Jancin
• One-fourth of malformations seen on first-trimester US: study of almost 10,000 women
  by Miriam E. Tucker
• Duloxetine may improve stress incontinence: drug under FDA review
  by Damian McNamara
• Infection quelled with short-term antibiotics: single postpartum dose
  by Diana Mahoney
• Contraception Web site in Arabic
• Ask your doctor
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Regular NSAID use may block aspirin's benefits: heart attack prevention
  by Heidi Splete
• St. John's wort + OCs may increase breakthrough bleeding: preliminary findings
  by Doug Brunk
• Drug update: overactive bladder
  by Steve Perlstein
• Screen prenatally to assess patients' risk of postpartum depression: one-page checklist available
  by Sherry Boschert
• Hormone trial seeks volunteers
• Diet drug ban?
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Metabolic syndrome doubles risk for MI, stroke: NHANES data
  by Miriam E. Tucker
• NAMS report
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Diurnal cortisol levels affect breast ca survival: metastatic disease
  by Betsy Bates
• Test for maternal hypothyroxinemia to help reduce risk of neurodevelopmental deficits: screen at prenatal visit
  by Nicholas Mulcahy
• Household products database
• CIGNA settles lawsuit
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Modest activity may protect against breast ca: long-term weight loss
  by Diana Mahoney
• Hardship a part of life
  by David M. Hayes
• Simple concept helps explain WHI to patients: focus on attributable risk
  by Kate Johnson
• Pregnancy number correlates with risk of varicose veins: population-based study
  by Robert Finn
• Adoption E-tool
• Contraceptive rights
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Supplemental vitamin E linked to heart failure in large study: effect appears specific to CHF
  by Mitchel L. Zoler