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Articles in Oct 15, 2002 issue of OB/GYN News

• More private physicians offering medical abortions: a total of 139 adverse events reported
  by Betsy Bates
• Botox may help patients regain bladder control for 6 months
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Study targets twin-to-twin transfusion
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Postpartum counseling of gestational diabetics
  by Bruce Jancin
• Be specific when asking about alcohol use
  by Robert Finn
• Insurance coverage of OCs
  by Sally Peters
• Bacteriophage-produced enzyme destroys anthraz bacteria
  by Heidi Splete
• Digital colposcopy offers a quantitative diagnostic approach
  by Bruce Jancin
• Many pregnant lesbians face challenges in health care systems
  by Barbara Boughton
• Serum folate levels tripled between 1988 and 2000
  by Miriam E. Tucker
• Long-term mental health Tx offered 9/11 victims
  by Steve Perlstein
• Clinical pearls genetic amniocentesis
  by Bruce L. Flamm
• Screen all women aged 65 and older for osteoporosis: task force also calls for routine screening starting at age 60 for 'high-risk' women
  by Kate Johnson
• Botox cut myofascial pain after radical mastectomy
  by Norra MacReady
• Randomized trials needed for fetal surgery
  by Barbara Boughton
• Negative diabetes test predictive up to 4 years later
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Exercise plays key role in new diet guidelines
  by Splete Heidi
• Abortioncams.com
  by Sally Peters
• Bulimia may not affect fertility
  by Heidi Splete
• Tamoxifen prevents breast cancers—at a price
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Light therapy may ease postpartum depression
  by Sherry Boschert
• Inadequate prenatal care linked to CS mortality
  by Steve Perlstein
• Valtrex
  by Elizabeth Mechcatie
• Medicare appeals process
  by Sally Peters
• Doctors are now 'better prepared'
  by Timothy F. Kirn
• Insomnia rates are high during the perimenopause
  by Betsy Bates
• Terrorist attacks had little effect on pregnancy
  by Carl Sherman
• Glucose management in pregestational diabetes
• Drug update: Pain Management for Arthritis
  by Damian McNamara
• New FDA Commissioner
  by Sally Peters
• Bone loss related to Depo-Provera reverses after discontinuing therapy
  by Sharon Worcester
• Age at onset of stress urinary incontinence symptoms
• Maternal age may have less effect on multiples
  by Damian McNamara
• Steroids tame hyperemesis in pregnancy
  by Bruce Jancin
• Diovan
  by Elizabeth Mechcatie
• SMART Moms on the move
  by Sally Peters
• No strings attached?
  by David A. Grimes
• Overexpression of five genes implicated in ovarian cancer
  by Damian McNamara
• Better screening of potential surrogate mothers advocated
  by Sherry Boschert
• Data don't support postdates pregnancy guidelines
  by Barbara Boughton
• Medical calculator: MedCalc
  by Thomas G. McLeod
• Getting comfortable with pediatric, adolescent gynecology
  by Bruce Jancin
• GBS serotype switch common in women
  by Kathryn Demott
• Azithromycin commonly used in pregnancy
  by Kathryn DeMott
• Vesicoureteral reflux linked to gestational pyelonephritis
• Personnel crisis brewing in cytotechnology field
  by Jennifer Silverman
• Discuss rupture risk with myomectomy patients
  by Bruce Jancin
• Breast ca study: no advantage with radical mastectomy
  by Sharon Worcester
• Maternal HSV-2 linked to psychosis risk in child
  by Sherry Bosohert
• Maternal seizures may signal neurocysticercosis
  by Kathryn DeMott
• Instituting the 80-hour resident workweek
  by Sally Peters
• Endometriosis is easily missed in adolescents
  by Bruce Jancin
• Resorption markers more predictive of fractures
  by Kathryn Demott
• Preterm birth tied to later relationship problems
  by Damian McNamara
• Genetic analysis reveals infectious causes of preterm labor
• Medicare pay cut may result in dropped contracts
  by Jennifer Silverman