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

• Contraception Resource Center
• Doctors still skeptical about cord blood banking: neither ACOG nor the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends private storage of cord blood
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Study to look at drug to prevent ovarian cancer
  by Deeanna Franklin
• Ca survival similar for laparoscopy, laparotomy
  by Miriam E. Tucker
• Top 10 ways to avoid federal fraud prosecution: the former chief counsel at the office of inspector general offers suggestions for staying out of trouble
  by Joyce Frieden
• IBS drug approved for idiopathic constipation
  by Elizabeth Mechcatie
• Bioterrorism prophylaxis guide
• Estrogen type may be associated with risk of venous thrombosis
  by Kate Johnson
• Pregnancy can trigger a variety of liver diseases
  by Jeff Evans
• Reduced fracture risk seen with [beta]-blockers
  by Kerri Wachter
• Chlamydia screening
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Strength and flexibility for older patients, part 1
  by Willibald Nagler
• Implications of research
• Colorado avoids malpractice crisis
  by Timothy F. Kirn
• HCG screening at abortion advocated
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Warm-up improves surgical performance
  by Miriam E. Tucker
• Clues to obesity-cancer connection under study
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Web messaging boosts clinician productivity
  by Sherry Boschert
• Hepatitis C info on the Web
• Part 2: laparoscopic enterocele repair and vaginal vault suspension
  by C.Y. Liu
• The values debate in health care
  by Leonard D. Schaeffer
• ACOG report provides recommendations on HT: document designed to help readers 'synthesize what's out there in terms of clinical trials related to' HT
  by Sharon Worcester
• Lymph nodes dissected without axillary incision
  by Miriam E. Tucker
• Maternity benefits vetoed
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• DHEA supplementation may enhance benefits of exercise
  by Miriam E. Tucker
• Herbal safety Web site
• Risks increase with c-section at full cervical dilatation
  by Betsy Bates
• Sunscreens don't affect reproductive hormones: the study results cannot be extrapolated to prepubertal children, who may absorb more of the chemicals
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Case report offers insight into treatment of rare FATWO tumor
  by Betsy Bates
• Early malpractice settlements: good idea, no silver bullet
  by Jennifer Silverman
• Smoking cessation
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Genital prolapse
  by Charles E. Miller
• Feds: save influenza shots for at-risk patients
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Pelvic floor exercises may quell prolonged second-stage labor
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Metformin may reverse PCOS in some girls
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Patient privacy protection act
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Metabolic syndrome linked to stroke risk
  by Sharon Worcester
• Compensation for women lags in academic medicine
• Survey suggests maternal diet may affect all
  by Timothy F. Kirn
• Cranberry juice's preventive effects increase with intake
  by Diana Mahoney
• Doctors ask patients to pay malpractice 'surcharge'
  by Jennifer Silverman
• Fewer than 17% of patients recently e-mailed their physicians
  by Sherry Boschert
• Birth control Web site
• Subclinical thyroid disease linked to preterm delivery: screen women for thyroid disease if they deliver before 32 weeks' gestation
  by Bruce Jancin
• C-section moms satisfied with early return to normal diet
  by Betsy Bates
• Increased risk of low BMD in congenital adrenal hyperplasia
  by Miriam E. Tucker
• Hospitals may help with malpractice premiums—carefully
  by Joyce Frieden
• Europe leads U.S. in use of electronic medical records
• Clinical trials education materials
• Is membrane stripping appropriate in modern obstetrics?
  by Amy Rouse
• Breast implant, connective tissue disease link still debated
  by Kate Johnson
• Most at-risk women ineligible for tamoxifen therapy
  by Sharon Worcester
• Menopause outreach
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Onychomycosis
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Women's cardiovascular resource
• No rapid bone loss seen in year after HT is stopped: still have a reduced rate of bone fractures
  by Timothy F. Kirn
• Restless legs syndrome common in pregnancy
  by Betsy Bates
• Subclinical hyperthyroidism Tx improves BMD
  by Bruce Jancin
• Faith-based health coverage
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Insurers push evidence-based medicine in Tenn
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Updated birth control Web site