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The time between pregnancies is a golden window for obese women to lose weight, a Saint Louis University study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-weight-babies.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:04:44 EST news289501477 (Medical Xpress)—Breastfeeding is not only good for baby but also good for mums with a new study by the University of Western Sydney finding breastfeeding reduces the chances of mums developing high blood pressure even decades later. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-breastfeeding-good-mum-blood-pressure.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 27 May 2013 11:09:28 EST news288871756 According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported sexual or physical abuse before age 11 had a greater risk of uterine fibroids in adulthood compared with women who had no such abuse history. The association was strongest for women who experienced sexual abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-abuse-childhood-linked-uterine-fibroids.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:02:52 EST news278254961 The pelvic exam, a standard part of a woman's gynecologic checkup, frequently is performed for reasons that are medically unjustified, according to the authors of a UCSF study that may lay the groundwork for future changes to medical practice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-routine-pelvic-exams.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:30:01 EST news274719902 Advocates of planned home birth have emphasized its benefits for patient safety, patient satisfaction, cost effectiveness, and respect for women's rights. A clinical opinion paper published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology critically evaluates each of these claims in its effort to identify professionally appropriate responses of obstetricians and other concerned physicians to planned home birth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-advocacy-home-birth-patients.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:38:42 EST news272029105 New surveys of researchers and funders reveal a lack of consensus regarding researching and developing interventions to prevent prematurity and stillbirth, according to an article published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ahead of World Prematurity Day on November 17. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-combating-crisis-global-burden-preterm.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:18:49 EST news271430277 A number of important questions and issues should be addressed before changes are made to the guidelines for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes, according to a new article by University of Maryland School of Medicine Dean E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., published online in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology on Oct. 31. The article publishes in advance of a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative to reconsider diagnostic guidelines for the condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-umsom-dean-urges-caution-diagnostic.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:12:48 EST news270918749 Women who begin snoring during pregnancy are at strong risk for high blood pressure and preeclampsia, according to research from the University of Michigan. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-pregnancy-high-blood-pressure.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:34:37 EST news267798866 Vaginal delivery for early preterm fetuses presenting head first, or vertex presentation, had a high rate of success with no difference in neonatal mortality compared to cesarean delivery, a new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology reports. For breech births, however, the failure rate of vaginal delivery was high and planned cesarean delivery was associated with significantly lower neonatal mortality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-vaginal-delivery-safe-cesarean-early.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:24:54 EST news263471088 Among women with gestational diabetes mellitus, referral to a telephone-based nurse management program was associated with lower risk of high baby birth weight and increased postpartum glucose testing, according to Kaiser Permanente researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-contact-nurses-linked-outcomes-women.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 25 May 2012 10:04:37 EST news257159054 When making decisions and counseling about risk and management options for deliveries between 22 and 26 weeks (periviable deliveries), obstetricians are heavily influenced by family preferences, particularly by the impression that parents consistently prefer to have everything possible done to prolong a pregnancy or "save the baby" through interventions such as cesarean section. The results of a University of Pennsylvania study are published in the March issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-family-strongly-decision-premature-deliveries.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:30:01 EST news249884714 (HealthDay) -- A second company reports that it has developed a prenatal blood test to detect Down syndrome, potentially providing yet another option for pregnant women who want to know whether their unborn child has the condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-blood-syndrome-pregnancy.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:00:01 EST news249216150 Women with a short cervix should be treated with vaginal progesterone to prevent preterm birth, according to a landmark study by leading obstetricians around the world. Vaginal progesterone decreased the rate of preterm birth by 42%, and significantly reduced the rate of respiratory distress syndrome and the need for mechanical ventilation, as well as a composite of several complications of premature newborns (e.g. infection, necrotizing enterocolitis, intracranial hemorrhage, etc.). An early online version of the study was published today in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-vaginal-progesterone-preterm-birth-neonatal.html Other Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:50:01 EST news243081633 For more than 100,000 area women, chronic vulvar pain (pain at the opening to the vagina) is so severe it makes intercourse, and sometimes sitting for long periods of time, painful, if not impossible. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-chronic-vulvar-pain-reality-women.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:58:07 EST news235223869 Repeat abortions are significantly reduced if women use long-acting reversible contraceptive methods such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) after an abortion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-long-acting-contraception-methods-abortions.html Health Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:10:22 EST news230803803 A woman's risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy can be identified up to seven years before she becomes pregnant based on routinely assessed measures of blood sugar and body weight, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the online issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-diabetes-years-pregnancy-blood-sugar.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 26 May 2011 03:36:57 EST news225599792 Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Harvard School of Public Health, have reported widespread and increasing medication use among pregnant women. The study, which currently appears online in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, also found that medication use varied by socioeconomic status, maternal age, race/ethnicity and state of residence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-widespread-medications-pregnant-women.html Medications Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:45:43 EST news222947121