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Articles in July 1, 2004 issue of OB/GYN News

• Close monitoring advised; Study: breast ca tied to malignant melanoma risk; Most women studied received breast cancer diagnosis first, melanoma dx within 1 year
  by Erik L. Goldman
• Patient perception: link between menopause and mental illness?
  by Heidi Splete
• Significance of findings unclear: high-risk HPV common in STD clinic study
  by Nicholas Mulcahy
• Identifies candidates for treatment: CSF analysis yields clues to severe preeclampsia
  by Sharon Worcester
• 'No fault' early offers system: seeking alternatives to traditional tort reform
  by Jennifer Silverman
• Seniors not very knowledgeable about new medicare drug benefits
• World citizens
  by Don Sloan
• Combination helps nulliparous women: PG[E.sub.2] plus foley catheter speeds cervical ripening
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Results at 1 year: low-carb, low-fat diets show similar weight loss
  by Heidi Splete
• Fetal pain
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Percentage of women who had selected labor-related interventions
• Up to 4 years after surgery: depression linked to late chronic mastectomy pain
  by Timothy F. Kirn
• Multivariate analysis: persistence of high-risk HPV linked to STD coinfection
  by Nicholas Mulcahy
• Oily fish best: fish consumption in pregnancy may foretell child's asthma risk
  by Debra Wood
• Different rates of unscheduled C-sections: outcomes of first pregnancies similar in younger, older blacks
  by Nicholas Mulcahy
• Tax credit proposals: skeptics doubt reforms will shrink the ranks of uninsured
  by Joyce Frieden
• Let science and ethics guide primary elective c-section decisions
  by Frank Chervenak
• Neonatal toxicity and withdrawal: FDA considers SSRI label change
  by Elizabeth Mechcatie
• How to survive a medicare audit
  by Joseph S. Eastern
• Protect the anal sphincter: rectal-flap procedure called best for rectovaginal fistula
  by Debra Wood
• Mothers rate Doulas' supportive care during labor best
• High triglycerides also a risk factor: migraine with aura history boosts stroke risk
  by Bruce Jancin
• Less paperwork: medicare reform said to offer relief to doctors
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Office visits by specialty, 2001
• Nulliparous women: high prepregnancy BMI linked to failed induction; Excessive pregnancy weight gain also a risk
  by Nicholas Mulcahy
• Sexually active teens: medical, social histories don't predict HPV
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• New guidelines may alter practice: many gyns. fail to offer Chlamydia screening
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Results of small study: metformin betters pregnancy outcomes in PCOS
  by Kate Johnson
• Pay for performance: Medicare law offers physicians incentives to use e-prescriptions
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Weighing risks, benefits in primary elective cesarean issue
  by E. Albert Reece
• Wound care
• Fistulas, bladder and ureteral damage: postoperative incontinence? Check for injuries
  by Heidi Splete
• Retrospective study: clavicular fracture is not evidence of botched delivery
  by Kate Johnson
• 'Surprising' data: saturated fat may slow atherosclerotic progression in postmenopausal women
  by Robert Finn
• Women's health offices
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Possible immunosuppression: sunlight associated with higher risk of HPV
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Adolescent population: self-collected vaginal swabs good option for HPV testing
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Low birth weight: female fetuses tied to worsening of maternal asthma symptoms
  by Debra Wood
• Average proportion of time during labor devoted to supportive care
• Partial birth ban defeated in court
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Serum fibrinogen improves, too: triglycerides don't alter raloxifene's lipid effects
  by Bruce Jancin
• Alleviates gas pain: gum chewing speeds bowel activity after gyn. surgery
  by Kate Johnson
• Expert opinion: data back two indications for amnioinfusion
  by Miriam E. Tucker
• Early lyme disease
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Five initiatives: Medicare experiments with paying for quality
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Review of 67 cases: half of pediatric ovarian tumors are benign
  by Doug Brunk
• Vaginal, abdominal hysterectomy: expert shares tips for surgical contingencies
  by Debra Wood
• Chart review of six patients; Small study: glucocorticoids can treat painful fibroids in pregnancy
  by Nicholas Mulcahy
• Hospitalized patients: simple algorithms best for glucose control
  by Jane Salodof MacNeil
• EC over the border
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• In utero exposure to antidepressants not tied to eye malformations
  by Elizabeth Mechcatie
• 'Key' precipitating event: first vaginal delivery may set stage for future incontinence
  by Heidi Splete
• Umbilical cord blood gases: routine measurement may exonerate ob.gyns
  by Kate Johnson
• Insomnia
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Sperm donations
  by Mary Ellen Schneider