Gynecology
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Why aren’t doctors managing pain during gynecologic procedures?
By not teaching her how to administer pain treatment options such as lidocaine gel or injection, “they made the decision for me, whether I could...
From the Journals
Obesity boosts gestational diabetes risk in women with PCOS
Prepregnancy insulin resistance is common among women with PCOS and may play a major part in the pathogenesis of gestational diabetes.
Conference Coverage
Metabolic effects of estetrol are promising in postmenopausal women
Preliminary findings suggest estetrol continues to hold potential for becoming an additional option in treating menopause symptoms.
Clinical Review
Have you asked your patients: What is your ideal outpatient gynecology experience?
If not, consider using social media to ask. These researchers did, and they found that the perspectives expressed could help guide changes to...
Infectious Disease Consult
The HPV vaccine: Time for ObGyn physicians to up our game
Although the HPV vaccine targets the strains responsible for about 90% of HPV-caused cancers, acceptance of the vaccine is disappointing. Now, we...
Commentary
‘Vaginal dryness’ can be fatal. No, really.
The thing that kills women is recurrent urinary tract infections.
From the Journals
Young women rate top sources for STI self-testing
Additional data from in-depth interviews tagged Instagram as an option to provide information on direct-to-consumer STI tests.
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Pelvic yoga, physical conditioning both improve urinary incontinence
Women completing a 3-month pelvic yoga program to treat urinary incontinence improved only modestly more on one measure than women doing physical...
Conference Coverage
False-positive Pap smear may indicate genitourinary syndrome
Nearly all of the women who received local estrogen treatment had a normal Pap smear following therapy.
Conference Coverage
This symptom signals UTI in 83% of cases
“Why has something so clear, so frequently present, never been described? The answer is simple: Physicians and patients do not talk about sex.”
From the Journals
Study: Unexpected vaginal bleeding rises after COVID vaccination
Researchers suggested it could have been connected to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the vaccines.