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The North American Menopause Society's updated position statement recommends adequate calcium intake in all women.
Medscape (Obstetrics and Gynecology) - Tue, 21 November 2006
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The prevalence of PCOS in overweight and obese women from Spain was 28.3%, mandating routine screening for PCOS in these premenopausal women seeking advice for weight loss.
Medscape (Obstetrics and Gynecology) - Fri, 27 October 2006
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The method was associated with more frustration, more difficulty, and less desire to use self-catheterization again than suprapubic catheterization, but both methods were equally effective, with a lower risk of bacteriuria.
Medscape (Obstetrics and Gynecology) - Tue, 24 October 2006
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Access to sexual and reproductive health services is central to achieving good maternal and child health but its importance extends beyond this. Sexual and reproductive health engenders a sense of wellbeing and control over one's life, along with an ability to enjoy basic human rights.
British Medical Journal (Obstetrics and Gynecology) - Mon, 23 October 2006
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After the charges of the WHI study, many women have stopped taking substitutive hormone therapy (SHT), but it is not clear if an abrupt or a gradual interruption can be preferable, for the reappearing of menopausal symptoms.
MedNews (Obstetrics and Gynecology) - Wed, 18 October 2006
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In an intervention for women at risk for breast cancer, a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet did not influence the timing of menopause
Medscape (Obstetrics and Gynecology) - Mon, 16 October 2006
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Women who receive oral misoprostol postpartum have decreased rates of postpartum hemorrhage and mean blood loss, according to the results of a placebo-controlled trial reported in the October 7 issue of The Lancet.
Medscape (Obstetrics and Gynecology) - Tue, 10 October 2006
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Operationsaufklärung in der Gynäkologie: Das ist das Thema der Patientinnenzufriedenheitsstudie von Kessler, Ghulam, Bachmann und Haller in der heutigen Schweizerischen Ärztezeitung (SÄZ). Diese Arbeit und die im 2000 vorgestellte Patientenzufriedenheitsstudie in fünf chirurgischen Kliniken stellen einen Meilenstein dar: für die Qualitätsförderung der Patientenaufklärung und gleichzeitig; für das Risk Management aus haftpflichtrechtlicher Sicht.
Schweizerischen Ärztezeitung (Obstetrics and Gynecology) - Wed, 2 August 2006
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