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Date: Feb 9, 2012
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Contemporary OB/GYN Staff
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Overweight women with diabetes can cut their risk of developing urinary incontinence (UI) by shedding 5% to 10% of their body weight or as little as 15 lbs (7.7 kg), according to findings from the Look AHEAD trial, a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of overweight and obese individuals with type 2 diabetes.
Date: Jan 26, 2012
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Contemporary OB/GYN Staff
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Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) reduce menstrual pain in some women, a Swedish long-term study has found. Although COCs are commonly recommended to treat primary dysmenorrhea, a 2009 Cochrane Review called their efficacy into question.
Date: Jan 26, 2012
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Contemporary OB/GYN Staff
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Fish oil supplements enhance the benefits of strength training in older women, a small Brazilian clinical trial suggests.
Date: Jan 26, 2012
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Contemporary OB/GYN Staff
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Baseline T score is the most useful way to determine how often to test bone mineral density (BMD) in older postmenopausal women with normal BMD or osteopenia at initial assessment, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (2012;366[3]:225-233).
Date: Jan 26, 2012
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Contemporary OB/GYN Staff
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Women with sleep problems have a higher risk of developing fibromyalgia than women who don’t have trouble sleeping, according to a large prospective Norwegian study.
Date: Jan 19, 2012
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Contemporary OB/GYN Staff
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Forceps deliveries and perineal lacerations but not episiotomies were associated with pelvic floor disorders, including stress incontinence, overactive bladder, anal incontinence, and prolapse symptoms 5 to 10 years after a first vaginal birth, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers in a study published online January 10 in Obstetrics and Gynecology. MORE
Date: Jan 19, 2012
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Contemporary OB/GYN Staff
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Severity of growth restriction in preterm very-low-birth weight, small-for-gestational-age (SGA) babies may predict the degree of risk for neonatal mortality and morbidities among such infants, reports an Israeli study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2012;204[1]:S182-S183).
Date: Jan 19, 2012
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Contemporary OB/GYN Staff
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Some women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) don’t heed advice to curtail activities such as exercise, smoking, drinking, and herbal supplement use that may decrease the chances of conception, a study published online January 2 in Fertility and Sterility suggests. MORE
Date: Jan 19, 2012
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Contemporary OB/GYN Staff
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Postmenopausal women who take statins to lower cholesterol may have an increased risk of diabetes, according to a new study published online January 10 in the Archives of Internal Medicine. MORE
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