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Gynecology and obstetrics are twin subjects that deal with the female reproductive system. While obstetrics deals with pregnancy and its associated procedures and complications, gynaecology involves treating women who are not pregnant.

Women must visit obstetricians, primary care doctors after childbirth

Medical associations widely recommend that women visit their obstetricians and primary care doctors shortly after giving birth, but slightly fewer than half make or keep those postpartum appointments, according to a study by Johns Hopkins researchers.

6 Feb 2014

Researchers make first link between menopause, smoking and genetic variations in white women

New research is lighting up yet another reason for women to quit smoking. In a study published online in the journal Menopause, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report the first evidence showing that smoking causes earlier signs of menopause - in the case of heavy smokers, up to nine years earlier than average - in white women with certain genetic variations.

5 Feb 2014

Randomized trial shows injecting anesthetic near nerve bundle reduces troublesome hot flashes

Injecting a little anesthetic near a nerve bundle in the neck cut troublesome hot flashes significantly, shows a new randomized, controlled trial published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).

5 Feb 2014

Women with schizophrenia twice as likely to experience pre-term birth and pregnancy complications

Women with schizophrenia are nearly twice as likely to experience pre-eclampsia, pre-term birth and other serious pregnancy and delivery complications as women without the condition, a landmark study by researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and Women's College Hospital has found.

4 Feb 2014

State highlights: Cities, states spending nearly 32% of budgets on health care; Detroit reaches retiree health coverage agreement; NYC, Calif. back caregiver protection bills

A selection of health policy stories from Michigan, New York, California, Wisconsin, Maryland, Georgia, Colorado and Mississippi.

4 Feb 2014

Complex intervention successful in reducing C-sections and neonatal morbities, say researchers

In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 in an oral plenary session at 8 a.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting-, in New Orleans, researchers will report that Cesarean deliveries reviews and best practices implementation are effective to provide optimal care by an appropriate management of medical interventions, leading to a significant reduction of cesarean deliveries and neonatal morbidity.

4 Feb 2014

Gene involved in inflammation, blood clotting associated with cerebral palsy, death in very preterm babies

In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 2:45 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting-, in New Orleans, researchers will report that a variant in SERPINE1, a gene involved in inflammation and blood clotting, is associated with cerebral palsy and death in very preterm babies.

4 Feb 2014

Study: Noninvasive prenatal testing detects 83.2% of chromosomal abnormalities

In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 9 a.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting-, in New Orleans, researchers will report that noninvasive prenatal testing detected 83.2 percent of chromosomal abnormalities normally picked up by invasive diagnostic testing strategies, such as chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis.

4 Feb 2014

Findings recommend expectant monitoring for women with gestational hypertension

In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 8:15 a.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting -, in New Orleans, researchers will report findings that recommend expectant monitoring instead of immediate delivery for women with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia between 34 and 37 weeks of pregnancy.

4 Feb 2014

Obesity in pregnancy is independent risk factor for long-term cardiovascular morbidity

In a study to be presented on Feb. 7 at 2:45 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting-, in New Orleans, researchers will report that obesity during pregnancy is an independent risk factor for long-term cardiovascular morbidity, and these complications tend to occur at a younger age.

4 Feb 2014

Incontinence prophylaxis shows potential in pelvic organ prolapse

Research from Taiwan suggests that combining trocar-guided transvaginal mesh surgery with a midurethral sling in the treatment of women with advanced pelvic organ prolapse could be an effective way to manage associated stress urinary incontinence.

3 Feb 2014

Report highlights recommendations to advance safety of childbirth in Indonesia

Indonesia is a fast-rising economic power that has made significant progress toward key development goals including reducing child mortality. But for reasons outlined in a National Academy of Sciences report by U.S. and Indonesian experts, the nation's estimated rates of maternal and neonatal mortality remain tragically high.

31 Jan 2014

More than 1/3 of women experience hot flashes for 10 years after menopause

A team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that moderate to severe hot flashes continue, on average, for nearly five years after menopause, and more than a third of women experience moderate/severe hot flashes for 10 years or more after menopause.

31 Jan 2014

Women who have child after experiencing fertility problems are more likely to remain with partner

New reseach reveals that women who have a child after experiencing fertility problems are more likely to remain with their partner following infertility evaluations.

30 Jan 2014

Vaccine to treat precancerous cervical lesions triggers immune cell response

Preliminary results of a small clinical trial show that a vaccine used to treat women with high-grade precancerous cervical lesions triggers an immune cell response within the damaged tissue itself.

30 Jan 2014

CONRAD receives USAID Pioneers Prize for developing tenofovir gel to reduce HIV infection in women

CONRAD, a leading reproductive health-research organization based at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), today announced that they are a winner of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Science and Technology Pioneers Prize for their work in developing tenofovir gel.

29 Jan 2014

Cell Therapeutics completes patient enrollment in Phase 3 clinical trial of Opaxio in ovarian cancer

Cell Therapeutics, Inc.today announced that the Gynecologic Oncology Group informed CTI that it has completed patient enrollment in the GOG-0212 Phase 3 clinical trial of investigational agent paclitaxel poliglumex as maintenance therapy in ovarian cancer.

28 Jan 2014

Study: About 50% of reproductive-age women never discussed reproductive health with medical provider

A new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers provides insight into how much women of reproductive age in the United States know about reproductive health.

28 Jan 2014

Cystoscopy imperative during female incontinence surgery

US researchers say that cystoscopy for lower urinary tract injury should be performed in all women undergoing urinary incontinence surgery, after finding that abnormalities are detected in one in 20 patients.

27 Jan 2014

LA BioMed's physician-researchers honored with America's Top Doctors for the year 2014

Forty-two of Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute's (LA BioMed's) physician-researchers will be ranked among America's Top Doctors when it issues its 2014 publication later this year or they are listed among the Southern California Super Doctors for 2014 in the January edition of Los Angeles Magazine.

25 Jan 2014

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Women must visit obstetricians, primary care doctors after childbirth

Researchers make first link between menopause, smoking and genetic variations in white women

Randomized trial shows injecting anesthetic near nerve bundle reduces troublesome hot flashes

Women with schizophrenia twice as likely to experience pre-term birth and pregnancy complications

State highlights: Cities, states spending nearly 32% of budgets on health care; Detroit reaches retiree health coverage agreement; NYC, Calif. back caregiver protection bills

Complex intervention successful in reducing C-sections and neonatal morbities, say researchers

Gene involved in inflammation, blood clotting associated with cerebral palsy, death in very preterm babies

Study: Noninvasive prenatal testing detects 83.2% of chromosomal abnormalities

Findings recommend expectant monitoring for women with gestational hypertension

Obesity in pregnancy is independent risk factor for long-term cardiovascular morbidity

Incontinence prophylaxis shows potential in pelvic organ prolapse

Report highlights recommendations to advance safety of childbirth in Indonesia

More than 1/3 of women experience hot flashes for 10 years after menopause

Women who have child after experiencing fertility problems are more likely to remain with partner

Vaccine to treat precancerous cervical lesions triggers immune cell response

CONRAD receives USAID Pioneers Prize for developing tenofovir gel to reduce HIV infection in women

Cell Therapeutics completes patient enrollment in Phase 3 clinical trial of Opaxio in ovarian cancer

Study: About 50% of reproductive-age women never discussed reproductive health with medical provider

Cystoscopy imperative during female incontinence surgery

LA BioMed's physician-researchers honored with America's Top Doctors for the year 2014

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