Contraception
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis During Gynecologic Surgery: Are We Following the Recommendations?
In this national cohort study, 13% of women undergoing gynecologic surgery where antibiotics were recommended received no antibiotics or the incorrect antibiotics. -
Cost of Unnecessary Hospitalization
A new study shows that using cervical length as an arbiter of whom to admit for suspected preterm labor is a safe and cost-effective method to decrease health care costs. -
Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Are More Sensitive to All Pain
Compared to normal women and women with endometriosis without chronic pain, women with chronic pelvic pain demonstrate increased pain sensitivity at nonpelvic sites. -
Contraceptive coverage heads to Supreme Court
With Congress in a seemingly perpetual state of deadlock, one of the most anticipated actions on federal reproductive health policy will instead be taken by the U.S. Supreme Court this spring. -
Check treatment options for dysmenorrhea
Early research indicates that women with moderate to severe menstrual cramps might find relief in vaginal administration of sildenafil citrate (Viagra, Pfizer), a drug commonly used for erectile dysfunction.