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Articles in Nov 1, 2005 issue of OB/GYN News

• Extended-release pain relief
• Nearly 6,000 physicians were displaced by Katrina
  by Jennifer Lubell
• HTA stops uterine hemorrhage due to fibroids
  by Sherry Boschert
• Doctors brace for possible avian flu pandemic
  by Sharon Worcester
• Ambien CR approved for insomnia
• Food safety for pregnant women
• Frozen premixed ceftriaxone
• Older moms' prenatal alcohol use hurts growth
  by Betsy Bates
• Preemptive nerve block studied in vaginal surgery
  by Sharon Worcester
• Many uninformed on external anogenital warts
  by Sharon Worcester
• Managing HIV in pregnancy
  by E. Albert Reece
• Comparing health plans
• HPV and cancer guide
• HPV vaccine can prevent early in situ cervical ca: prevents CIN2, CIN3 related to HPV 16, 18
  by Sherry Boschert
• Rapid-response plan curbs maternal hemorrhage: management strategies include use of ultrasounds, vitamins, and faster availability of blood products
  by Heidi Splete
• HT product with drospirenone wins approval
  by Elizabeth Mechcatie
• Gender gap is narrowing in risky drinking and driving
  by Betsy Bates
• Patient guide to recovery
• Katrina survivors sort through mix of emotions
  by Joyce Frieden
• Take a stand on genital cutting
• Inconsolable infants linked to maternal depression
  by Doug Brunk
• Transobturator tape offers Tx option for stress urinary incontinence
  by Kate Johnson
• First 2 weeks of meal-replacement diet predicts adherence
  by Kevin Foley
• Drug resistance factors into HIV treatment failures
  by Heidi Splete
• Endoanal scan IDs occult defects
  by Kate Johnson
• Manage mass casualties with SAGGY PRIDE: when situation overwhelms available medical capabilities, certain key steps should be followed
  by Robert Finn
• Corrections
• Outcomes data show durability of uterosacral ligament vault suspension
  by Sharon Worcester
• Use T and z scores to talk about bone density
  by Sherry Boschert
• Council: issues on aging call for presidential panel
  by Joyce Frieden
• Medicare Prescription Benefit guide
• Cough test targets early intervention for asymptomatic POP
  by Kate Johnson
• Recommendations for managing maternal hemorrhage
• Guide to Quality Health Care
• Laparoscopic instruments
• Endothelial dysfunction remains 1 year after preeclamptic pregnancy
  by Bruce Jancin
• Botox may cut detrusor overactivity incontinence
  by Sharon Worcester
• Waist-height ratio is better indicator of cardiovascular risk than body mass index
  by Betsy Bates
• New tests would help lower perinatal transmission
  by Howard L. Minkoff
• Laparoscopic colposuspension eases recovery
  by Kate Johnson
• Laparoscopic Tx okay for ectopic pregnancy, shock
  by Sherry Boschert
• Laparoscopy can be safe option in infertility cases
  by Doug Brunk
• Payment system thwarts efforts to treat obesity: many physicians try to get counseling reimbursed by coding for related comorbidities such as diabetes
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Expanded labeling for pap test
• Smoking cessation Web site
• Larger dosing option for fertility Tx
• Chorioamnionitis with PPROM is linked to adverse outcomes risk
  by Sharon Worcester
• Corrections
• Outpatient laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomies considered safe
  by Sherry Boschert
• Most women treated for osteoporosis are deficient in vitamin D
  by Miriam E. Tucker
• Physicians share the rewards of volunteering
  by Doug Brunk
• More underbody blankets
• UAE effective in small study of women with adenomyosis
  by Jane Salodof MacNeil
• Rapid test has its place in GBS infection prevention
  by Sharon Worcester
• Strontium ranelate cuts vertebral fracture risk
  by Bruce Jancin
• Physicians sought to test electronic health record software
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Oral medication dispenser
• Emergency resource for PDAs
• Clonazepam disintegrating tablets
• Science, medicine, and decision making
  by Susan F. Wood
• Results for laparoscopic hysterectomy similar: complication rates are about the same whether procedure is for benign or cancerous conditions
  by Sherry Boschert
• Back pain is reduced for at least 30 months after stopping teriparatide
  by Bruce Jancin
• Policy & practice
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Cystoscopy safe, accurate after vaginal surgery
  by Sharon Worcester