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

• Responding to bioterrorism
  by Jean Marie Malecki
• Myomectomy: tips for reducing adhesions
  by Sherry Boschert
• Fetal surgery called promising for spina bifida
  by Sharon Worcester
• Maine's universal coverage plan could burden state physicians
  by Jennifer Silverman
• Employers slow to latch on to consumer-driven health plans
  by Joyce Frieden
• Low-dose hormones
• Data watch
• Lymphedema awareness called 'big problem'
• Depo-Provera use in teens tied to bone density drop
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Oximeter postapproval trials go slowly
  by Elizabeth Mechcatie
• Protections in clinical trials still seen as lax
  by Joyce Frieden
• Fiber may help protect against colon cancer
  by Miriam E. Tucker
• Medical security cart
• First rapid laboratory test for West Nile virus wins FDA approval
  by Betsy Bates
• Emergency contraception awareness rose from 1996 to 2002
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Vestibular bands may raise the risk of vulvovaginitis in prepubertal girls
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Suit seeks halt to Resident Match Day program
  by Joyce Frieden
• Specialty hospitals raise antitrust concerns
  by Jennifer Silverman
• Headache
  by Michelle G. Sullivan
• New HIV-1 drug dose
• Measurement predicts postnatal renal function: AP diameter <7 mm after 32 weeks
  by Kate Johnson
• Labial swelling, clear discharge? Suspect genital lymphedema
  by Kate Johnson
• Endometrial thickness no real help
  by Kate Johnson
• No transabdominal scan until 18 weeks in obese women
  by Kate Johnson
• Physician depression
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Regular exercise may lower C-reactive protein levels
  by Bruce Jancin
• Birthing aid
• Is postmortem sperm retrieval ethical if the deceased did not leave explicit instructions?
• Postprocedure use of GnRH agonist doesn't boost UAE
• Increased maternal calcium intake may lower systolic BP in offspring
  by Damian McNamara
• Texas abortion law
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Set realistic goals for metabolic syndrome patients
  by Damian McNamara
• Free breast-feeding guide
• Folic acid not protective in women on AEDs: users of antiepileptics did not see a reduction in major congenital anomalies
  by Nicholas Mulcahy
• Talk back online
• HPV-16 VLP vaccine yields consistent, durable antibody response in small trials
  by Mary Ann Moon
• Epidural pain: placement vs. infiltration
  by Norra MacReady
• 'Wanted' poster ruling stands
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Obesity epidemic seen as a public health crisis
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Urine chemistry analyzer
• OTC Prilosec to hit stores
  by Robert Finn
• Newer contraceptives give teens more options
  by Miriam E. Tucker
• Patch, progesterone for young women at increased bone risk
  by Betsy Bates
• Drop in HDL cholesterol seen after childbirth
  by Damian McNamara
• Education program makes doctors aware of drug costs
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Patient education improves satisfaction with chronic pain care
  by Sharon Worcester
• New zocor labeling
• Enoxaparin gets favorable labeling change
  by Bruce Jancin
• New approaches may cut lymphedema risk after breast ca therapy
• Risk of clitoral sensory loss with genitoplasty
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Specific oral pathogens linked to premature delivery
  by Norra MacReady
• Many patients welcome discussion about their religious beliefs
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Depression remission higher with venlafaxine than SSRIs
  by Bruce Jancin
• Electronic record system
• New subgaleal hemorrhage code
  by Joyce Frieden
• Interstitial cystitis screen
  by Stephen A. Grochmal
• Low-dose mifepristone matches GnRH agonists for uterine fibroids
• Healthy behavior slips during year after delivery
  by Robert Finn
• Women and medicare
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• New data challenge popular set point theory of obesity
  by Bruce Jancin
• Reyataz approved
• Vital signs
• The truth behind perceptions
  by James H. Harger
• 3-D power Doppler may defer need for sonohysterogram
  by Kate Johnson
• BMI linked to post-dural puncture headache
  by Norra MacReady
• Women's health courses
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Dieting and exercise must accompany drugs
  by Bruce Jancin
• Push button blood collection