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TAMPA, FLA. -- Long-term cancer survivors treated with systemic chemotherapy appear to have more cognitive problems than similar patients treated with local therapy. Patients often report subtle problems with memory, [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. - Cauterization of hydrosalpinges before in vitro fertilization is comparable to salpingectomy in improving pregnancy rates, according to the results of a small prospective trial. Hydrosalpinges are [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. Women infected with HIV have much higher rates of vaginal infection, according to data presented by Dr. Andrew Helfgott. Physicians should be looking for vaginal infections in [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- Gram stain is a good first screening test to rule out chlamydia and gonorrhea before DNA probe testing, especially in low-risk pregnant women, Dr. Kelly Asbil [...]

ATLANTA -- Influenza vaccination at health care workers is responsible for the decline in flu outbreaks in hospitals, but immunization still falls short, especially among office-based health care workers, according [...]

ATLANTA - A simple head cold may be deadlier than health care workers realize. It is well documented that some health care workers harbor and spread nosocomial organisms. The most [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- "Is this normal?" That's what one of Dr. Steven Swift's patients asked him when he examined her cystocele. She was referred to him for correction of [...]

TAMPA, FLA. -- Hot flashes appear to be reduced by the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor paroxetine. In a 30-patient pilot study, paroxetine (Paxil) significantly relieved the hot flashes of breast [...]

Hormone use tied to slightly more heart attacks, strokes, and thromboembolysis. Hormone replacement therapy should not be prescribed as first-line medication in the prevention of heart disease, according to preliminary [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- Fetal mortality increases as fetal weight increases in diabetic mothers, according to the results of a retrospective study. The finding suggests that increased fetal surveillance for [...]

Gender matters in HIV transmission: A man who has multiple variants will pass all of them to a woman, but he would pass only one variant to a man. This [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- No higher-order multiples occurred with blastocyst transfer in a large study involving women undergoing in vitro fertilization, Dr. Andrew Toledo said at the annual meeting of [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- Minimal-stimulation in vitro fertilization may be a cost-effective option for young women who want to conceive, Dr. Gary DeVane said. While conventional in vitro fertilization (IVF) [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- A patient with preterm premature rupture of membranes has a greater risk of infection if her four-quadrant amniotic fluid index is less than 5 cm, study [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- Vaginal prolapse repair using lateral flaps is an effective technique that can be mastered by generalist ob.gyns., according to Dr. Mitchel S. Hoffman. The goal is [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- Using penicillin G to treat a patient colonized with group B streptococcus during the late third trimester can eradicate her bacterial load when it comes time [...]

BETHESDA, MD. -- Did this year's influenza vaccine fail? Even though the vaccine was well matched to the virus strains that were detected, unusually high mortality and an early onset [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- Practice will never make perfect when it comes to clinicians reading fetal heart rate tracings, according to Dr. Lawrence Devoe. Even when following the latest guidelines [...]

NEW YORK -- Tamoxifen can cause changes in the uterine lining that are apparent on ultrasound, but most of the time there's no serious pathology, according to Dr. Steven Goldstein. [...]

In the 15 months since the Food and Drug Administration approved tamoxifen for breast cancer prevention, ob.gyns. appear to have been slow to incorporate tamoxifen into clinical practice. Overall, ob.gyns. [...]

There's no need to retest patients who were evaluated with Abbott Laboratories' in vitro diagnostic devices, Food and Drug Administration officials said in an advisory to health care professionals last [...]

NEW YORK -- Increased placental resistance is a major cause of intrauterine growth restriction and may require umbilical Doppler for diagnosis, according to Dr. Lawrence D. Platt. Occlusion of placental [...]

NEW YORK -- The determination of chorionicity and amnionicity in multifetal pregnancies by ultrasound is "firm and absolutely unequivocal" at 10 weeks' gestation, according to Dr. Ilan Timor-Tritsch. After 14 [...]

NEW YORK -- If you can do only one ultrasound for a pregnant woman, do it at 18 weeks, Dr. Beryl Benacerraf said at a meeting on ob.gyn. ultrasound sponsored [...]

NEW YORK -- Saline infusion sonohysterography is a quick, easy, relatively painless, and cost-effective way to evaluate unexplained uterine bleeding, according to Dr. Steven R. Goldstein. "It's easier than placing [...]

NEW YORK -- Knowing how ultrasound findings correlate with the natural history of tubal inflammation can help in the diagnosis and management of pelvic inflammatory disease, according to Dr. Ilan [...]

NEW YORK -- Where the finger can't reach, the transvaginal ultrasound can. In fact, a transvaginal ultrasound is superior to a digital exam in assessing a patient with cervical incompetence, [...]

NEW YORK -- Choroid plexus cysts are not an indication for amniocentesis in the absence of other findings on fetal ultrasound, according to Dr. Beryl Benacerraf. "It's very difficult to [...]

Routine admission blood type and screen testing is unnecessary for cesarean section patients who do not have significant risk factors, reported Dr. Scott Ransom and his associates at Wayne State [...]

Screens for subclinical disease may be needed. Untreated hypothyroidism in a pregnant woman may adversely affect her child's IQ, according to results of a retrospective study. "Routine screening for thyroid [...]