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News: Benefits of universal prenatal syphilis screening outweigh risks

Jun 1, 2009

Universal screening for syphilis during pregnancy reduces the rate of congenital syphilis, supporting screening recommendations.

News: Transdermal E2 gel offers efficacy, flexibility to women with vasomotor symptoms

Jun 1, 2009

Compared with placebo, all three doses of transdermal E2 gel significantly reduced from baseline the frequency and severity of vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women.

News: Curing the medical mistakes epidemic

Jun 1, 2009

Patient safety was one of the most important topics at this year's Annual Clinical Meeting at ACOG.

News: Vitamin D deficiency linked to outcomes in early breast cancer

Jun 1, 2009

Women with early breast cancer who are deficient in Vitamin D have a higher risk of distant recurrences and death.

News: Prostaglandin inhibitors: optimal first-line agents for delaying birth

Jun 1, 2009

Although all currently available tocolytic agents perform better than placebo at delaying delivery before 32 weeks' gestation, prostaglandin inhibitors are superior.

News: Heavy drinking increases risk of preterm birth, but. . .

Jun 1, 2009

Maternal heavy drinking can almost double the risk of preterm birth.

News: Induction with misoprostol increases postpartum blood loss

Jun 1, 2009

Induction at term with misoprostol is associated with a significantly faster labor, but also with a greater postpartum blood loss.

News: Higher asthma risk in children of overweight mothers

Jun 1, 2009

Asthmatic women are more likely to have asthmatic children if they were overweight before becoming pregnant.

News: Daily glucose self-monitoring may reduce macrosomia risk

Jun 1, 2009

Daily glucose self-monitoring in women with diet-treated gestational diabetes lowers the threat of delivering an oversized infant.

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Tubal sterilization: A closer look at risk of pregnancy (CME)
Finding the right words after a pregnancy loss (CME)
Keeping a pregnant patient's asthma under control (CME)
Pregnancy in obese women: What you need to know (CME)
Recurrent early pregnancy loss: Is miscarriage evaluation the missing link? (CME)
Detecting polycystic ovarian syndrome in teens (CME)

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