While the Journal of Obstetrics and
Gynecology notes that this was a routine procedure in years gone by, it is far less likely to be necessary in today's age of medical advancements.
Placental abruption is more common in pregnancies that are closely interspaced, a study in the American Journal of
Gynecology notes.
In 1959, Wright published a paper in Obstetrics and
Gynecology noting a decrease in perinatal mortality from 4.7 to 1.6 percent when breech infants were delivered by cesarean section.
Not exact matches
Remember that ACOG (American Congress of Obstetrics and
Gynecology)
notes that a trial of labor is a safe and reasonable choice for most mothers with a prior cesarean birth.
Note that this particular NCB advocate is Dr. Mitchell Maiman, chairman of obstetrics and
gynecology at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City.
• Roger Pedersen, a
noted professor of obstetrics,
gynecology, and reproductive sciences, announced he was leaving his laboratory at the University of California at San Francisco and moving to Cambridge University because British laws do not restrict work on embryonic stem cells.
Commenting on the article,
noted expert Philip Darney, MD, MSc, Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics,
Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco and Director of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, added, «Childbirth provides a convenient and economical opportunity for permanent contraception.
«The intent was good, but the unintended consequence four decades later is to restrict access based on source of payment,»
noted lead author Amirhossein Moaddab, MD, Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine.
«In identifying a specific abnormality in a patient's cancer instead of the overall organ where it first presented, the opportunity exists to provide tailored therapies for patients,»
notes Lorna Rodriguez, MD, PhD, director of the precision medicine initiative at the Cancer Institute and professor of obstetrics,
gynecology and reproductive sciences at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
In passing, it is
noted that several hundred postoperative
gynecology patients at Memorial Hospital had the same injections, also without consent, but there was no fuss about that.
This strategy is a broadly applicable model that may, if it proves to be effective, be adapted to many different antigens and employed in a variety of different cancers,
notes Dr. Odunsi, who is also Professor of
Gynecology & Obstetrics in the University at Buffalo's Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Charles Ascher - Walsh, MD, director of
gynecology and urogynecology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, agrees that the effect
noted in the study is not very large from a clinical standpoint.
Black cohosh, an herb native to North America, is another over-the-counter remedy for symptoms of menopause,
notes Machelle Seibel, MD, a professor of clinical obstetrics and
gynecology at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, and author of The Soy Solution for Menopause: The Estrogen Alternative.