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Also find bonus content on this page that includes articles highlighted by our physician editor, D. Scott Cunningham, MD, PhD, that are “must-read.” Additionally, because Maintenance of Certification (MOC) is always a concern, we will provide some of the recent clinical pearls related to Obstetrics & Gynecology from our Smartest Doc and Physician Review quizzes, many of which result from a collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education.
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Latest (5) Full Text Articles (71)1 Flow management boosts patient care Full Text Healthcare IT News, May 24, 2013
2 A fate worse than death for scores of African women Full Text CNN Health, May 24, 2013
3 Calcium supplements linked to longer lifespans in women Full Text EurekAlert!, May 24, 2013
4 It's not your imagination: Memory gets muddled at menopause Full Text EurekAlert!, May 24, 2013
5 Teen birthrate hit another record low in 2011 Full Text USA Today, May 24, 2013
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6 Women who smoke during pregnancy increase the risk of both obesity and gestational diabetes in their daughters Full Text ScienceDaily, May 23, 2013
7 Doctors and hospitals’ use of health IT more than doubles since 2012 HHS News Releases, May 23, 2013
8 Time-lapse spots faulty embryos before IVF New Scientist, May 23, 2013
9 9 'Cs' lead to accountable care Full Text Healthcare IT News, May 22, 2013
10 Better care not always better business Full Text Healthcare IT News, May 22, 2013
11 Mayo Clinic: How gold nanoparticles can help fight ovarian cancer Full Text EurekAlert!, May 22, 2013
12 A molecular explanation for age-related fertility decline in women Full Text NIH News, May 22, 2013
13 First Genetic Markers That Predict Postpartum Depression Full Text Time, May 22, 2013
14 URAC standards put to the test Full Text Healthcare IT News, May 21, 2013
15 Breakup of physician, drug company relationship could improve health care, cut cost Full Text EurekAlert!, May 21, 2013
16 Living Near Major Roadways in Pregnancy Tied to Respiratory Woes in Children Full Text HealthDay, May 21, 2013
17 Delivery room drama: Has birth become a spectator sport? NBC News, May 21, 2013
18 More than one-third of Texas women still receive unnecessary breast biopsy surgery Full Text EurekAlert!, May 20, 2013
19 Women's reproductive ability may be related to immune system status Full Text ScienceDaily, May 20, 2013
20 New IVF method uses time-lapse snapshots to boost live births NBC News, May 20, 2013
Clinical Pearls in Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Maternal pneumococcal vaccination while pregnant has not been shown to reduce pneumococcal colonization in infants
- Children delivered via Cesarean have a two-fold increased risk of developing childhood obesity compared to those delivered vaginally
- Early diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis (DTP) vaccination is associated with increased mortality for low birth weight infant girls, but not boys
Highlights in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Antiseptics and antibiotics have similar efficacy in treatment of BV
Based on a review article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, it has been concluded that antiseptics have equal efficacy to antibiotics in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis. The literature search covered the time period 1966-2010. Benzydamine, chlorhexidine, and polyhexamethylene niguanide were as effective as metronidazole and clindamycin in the short-term treatment of bacterial vaginosis.
Read the article summaryBRCA2 mutations improve OS in ovarian cancer patients
Based on an observational study orchestrated by researchers at the M D Anderson Cancer Center, BRCA2 mutations have been associated with improved survival in patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer. The 5-year OS in patients with BRCA2 mutations was 61% compared with 25% for patients with BRCA wild-type. The 3-year PFS in patients with BRCA2 mutations was 44% compared with 16% for patients with BRCA wild-type. Patients with BRCA2 mutations exhibited 100% chemosensitivity compared to 82% and 80% for patients with BRCA wild-type and BRCA1 mutations, respectively. Genomic analysis of the tumors from patients with BRCA2 mutations suggested a “mutator phenotype” compared to tumors from patients with BRCA1 mutations.
Read the article summaryTrans fat intake increases risk of ischemic stroke in postmenopausal women
In a study involving 87,025 postmenopausal women, those in the highest quintile of dietary trans fat had an increased risk of ischemic stroke (HR=1.39). In 663,041 person-years of follow-up, 1049 incident cases of ischemic stroke were reported. The effect was attenuated in aspirin users (HR=0.95) compared to non-users (HR=1.66).
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