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Articles in March 1, 2003, issue of OB/GYN News

• Guidelines largely agree on cervical cancer screening: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issues evidence-based guidelines
  by Joyce Frieden
• Trisomy 13 survival can exceed 1 year
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Mesh holds up well in posterior prolapse repairs
  by Heidi Splete
• Gender bias alleged in CPT reimbursement codes
  by Sherry Boschert
• Walking program can help fight depression in stay-at-home women
  by Diana Mahoney
• Laparoscopic morcellator
• Unilocular ovarian cysts common, rarely malignant: follow patients with serial ultrasound
  by Sharon Worcester
• Prenatal care gap shrinks between whites and African Americans
  by Kerri Wachter
• BMD loss may not signal treatment failure
  by Nicholas Mulcahy
• Rape victims generally prevail in court cases
  by Betsy Bates
• Depression more prevalent among asthma patients
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Needle safety device
• Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections hit Los Angeles
  by Betsy Bates
• New theories emerge on nonvertex twin delivery
  by Sharon Worcester
• Teriparatide works regardless of age, fracture Hx
  by Norra MacReady
• Health care organizations face six new Patient Safety Goals
  by Sally Peters
• Soy nuts may cut BP in postmenopausal women
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Resistance exerciser
• Medicine in space
  by Russell Rayman
• Spot heart defects early to increase survival
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Fractures often overlooked in Crohn's patients
  by Jeff Evans
• Suicide is top cause of early death in physicians
  by Doug Brunk
• Salmeterol safety alert: use with an inhaled steroid
  by Elizabeth Mechcatie
• Blood Glucose Monitors
• Letters
• Concerns crop up about aromatase inhibitors
  by Bruce Jancin
• Modest weight loss goes far in PCOS patients
  by Erik L. Goldman
• State of the Union Address
  by Sally Peters
• Data watch
• Radiation beneficial in elderly patients after breast-conserving Tx
• Endometriosis pain relief can last up to 5 years
  by Heidi Splete
• NARAL's name change
  by Sally Peters
• Osteoarthritis
  by Frank Celia
• Correction/clarification
• Nipple-sparing mastectomy a new option for early breast ca
• Visual, hidden clues to PCOS aid diagnosis
  by Nicholas Mulcahy
• Roe v. Wade turns 30
  by Sally Peters
• Don't overlook obvious in fibromyalgia Tx
  by Robert Finn
• Pro & con: is the insurance cycle responsible for rising malpractice premiums?
• Take family ca history in pregnancy or risk lawsuit
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Regret after total colpocleisis in 8 of 92 women
  by Sherry Boschert
• How to approach the pediatric pelvic exam
  by Norra MacReady
• Health policy predictions
  by Sally Peters
• Topical cream for intimacy
• Acne Therapies
  by Gerald G. Briggs
• Tell laparoscopy patients about laparotomy
  by Heidi Splete
• Free mammograms don't boost compliance rates
  by Steve Perlstein
• Sen. Breaux's health plan
  by Sally Peters
• Male fertility test
• Report outlines causes of NE, CP
  by Kate Johnson
• Undertreatment a problem in pregnant asthmatics
  by Sharon Worcester
• Identify Pelvic floor defects during hysterectomy
  by Bruce Jancin
• Laparoscopy for endometriosis improves quality of life
  by Heidi Splete
• Think like an MBA to make practice profitable
  by Sherry Boschert
• Cipro XR approval