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

• Consumer-driven health care will help quality, expert says
  by Joyce Frieden
• Study links BMD screening to fewer hip fractures
  by Kate Johnson
• Electronic medical records—a primer
  by Joseph S. Eastern
• Infant mortality inversely related to mothers' education level
• Efficacy most important to parents for STI vaccines
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• HPV DNA screening could help limit surgery
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Menstrual timing of breast Ca surgery doesn't affect prognosis
• Planning ahead called best defense against workplace violence
  by Doug Brunk
• Computerized prescribing could reduce errors
  by Joyce Frieden
• Emotional abuse may raise risk of mental illness
  by Joyce Frieden
• AEH biopsies led to diagnosis of invasive adenocarcinoma in 40%
  by Betsy Bates
• Genital atrophy rapid after discontinuing hormone therapy
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Secondary causes of bone loss often missed: ob.gyns., other primary care doctors less likely to follow up on problematic scans
  by Elizabeth Mechcatie
• Look for catamenial epilepsy pattern
• The state of stem cell research
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Online health information eludes seniors
  by Jennifer Silverman
• Health advisory issued for nevirapine
  by Kerri Wachter
• SSRIs tied to neonatal withdrawal symptoms
  by Elizabeth Mechcatie
• Pain relievers
• A quarter of pregnant women say 'no' to abortion for Down syndrome
  by Nancy A. Melville
• GnRH agonist may curb ovarian failure in lupus
  by Timothy F. Kirn
• Combined approach helps ease pelvic floor dysfunction
  by Heidi Splete
• Caution urged as more teens seek breast implants
  by Alicia Ault
• Maintain young adult weight to help deter cardiovascular risk
  by Bruce Jancin
• Surgeons respond to pelvic reconstruction column
  by Charles E. Miller
• Vacuum associated with more dystocia than forceps
• Donor-egg pregnancies, hypertension linked
  by Nancy A. Melville
• Locally recurrent breast Ca called 'life-or-death problem'
• Treatment program targets 'disruptive physicians': reasons for program referral include anger, performance and compliance issues, sexual misconduct, and theft
  by Heidi Splete
• Exercises for chronic conditions: lumbar stenosis
  by Willibald Nagler
• Tamoxifen for breast Ca associated with lower heart disease risk
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Should red and processed meats be removed from U.S. dietary guidelines?
  by John McDougall
• MRI can diagnose acute abdominal pain in pregnancy
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Urinary cytology not useful as screen for bladder invasion
  by Mary Ann Moon
• Study suggests hormonal contraceptives do not cause women to gain weight
  by Heidi Splete
• Phenytoin, other antiepileptic drugs accelerate bone loss
  by Bruce Jancin
• Fetal pain bill returns
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Twenty percent of group practices turn to paperless health records, survey shows
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Prior C-section associated with worse outcomes: ICU admission, postpartum infection cited
  by Timothy F. Kirn
• Correction
• Breast-feeding may help ease AED withdrawal
  by Bruce Jancin
• Researchers urge prenatal screening for toxoplasmosis
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Survey: doctors overestimate HT's risks, benefits
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Newer radiotherapy Txs linked to less CV risk
  by Bruce Jancin
• NIH unveils strong ethics policy for all employees
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Panel backs coverage for diet, lifestyle change: advisory committee wants Medicare to pay for programs designed to prevent and reverse heart disease
  by Joyce Frieden
• Dietary fat, sodium tied to stroke risk
  by Mitchel L. Zoler
• Early delivery improves mortality among twins
  by Timothy F. Kirn
• Researchers tie subfertility to higher risk of neonatal death
  by Kate Johnson
• Confidentiality is critical for teen gyn. care
  by Deeanna Franklin
• Teens lose bone on DMPA, recover it after stopping use
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Discontinuing valproate may reverse PCOS in some women
• Prevention first act
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Statins may up risk of developing osteoarthritis
  by Heidi Splete
• Public support for various health reforms
• Timing of antibiotics for cesarean
  by Thomas Golin
• Intracranial infection can mimic hypoxic injury
  by Sherry Boschert
• Study finds rate of cesarean sections was not affected by elective induction
  by Deeanna Franklin
• Think interstitial cystitis in cases of chronic pelvic pain
  by Robert Finn
• Study confirms at least two subtypes of FSAD
  by Robert Finn
• Health care disparities called medical error
  by Joyce Frieden
• New HHS chief and Medicaid
  by Mary Ellen Schneider
• Therapy for acute bacterial sinusitis
  by Elizabeth Mechcatie
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
  by Michele G. Sullivan
• Federal adoption initiatives
  by Wade F. Horn
• Proteomic analysis may predict preterm labor
  by Kate Johnson
• FDA warns about imported test kits
  by Kerri Wachter
• FDA's new drug safety board under scrutiny
  by Jennifer Silverman
• Directional exercise helps to relieve low back pain
  by Bruce Jancin
• Twin VBAC not associated with increased risk of rupture
• First vulvodynia guideline published
  by Jane Salodof MacNeil
• Helping uninsured women
  by Nolan Hetz
• Neuraxial analgesia early in labor is good option
  by Christine Kilgore
• Ear acupuncture may ease tamoxifen hot flashes
  by Nancy Walsh
• Orlistat may help in treatment of PCOS, small study shows
  by Christine Kilgore
• Documentation dos and don'ts can derail a lawsuit
  by Sherry Boschert
• Abstinence education funding
  by Mary Ellen Schneider