]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/obstetrics Blog Articles Tagged with 'obstetrics' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/925626?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Boston Medical Center, where I trained for residency, is going through some tough times.With the highest proportion of poor and indigent patients in the city, they were disproportionally hurt when Massachusetts chose to lower Medicaid payments.The di... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/925626?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/924550?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Last we heard, the medical center devastated from Hurricane Ike was facing a very difficult recovery. In November, massive layoffs were announced.MedPage Today went to Texas and found that the news was not all bad: They hope to reopen John Sealy Ho... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/924550?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:39:56 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/924525?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics A frequent reader writes:I was curious if you had any plans on blogging about how you respond to students who ask for help deciding between internal medicine and family medicine as a specialty choice. I am currently planning on going into outpatie... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/924525?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:54:32 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/924061?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics According to popular wisdom, decreased sex drive comes with aging, just like rotten teeth and a newfound interest in golf communities. But last week, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that aging doesn't have to mean... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/924061?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:39:53 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/923345?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Pregnancy can be an exciting time: Baby names, baby showers and, oh, those cute little baby clothes. It's also a key time to focus on health, both for mom and her newborn-to-be. Expectant moms know that it is important to eat nutritious food and get ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/923345?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/923285?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Let s see. A mother s diet can affect the sex of her baby. Exposure to BPA during pregnancy can up the kid s chance of becoming obese. And now, a new study in Obstetrics & Gynecology claims women who gain too much weight while pregnant may have... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/923285?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:30:57 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/921747?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics By Jen PiferCNN Medical Senior ProducerAfter a particularly grueling editorial meeting a few years ago, one of my colleagues turned to me and said, I need a drink. Now that s not an uncommon sentiment in many newsrooms, but in this case, it w... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/921747?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:27:27 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/923984?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics By Jen PiferCNN Medical Senior ProducerAfter a particularly grueling editorial meeting a few years ago, one of my colleagues turned to me and said, I need a drink. Now that s not an uncommon sentiment in many newsrooms, but in this case, it w... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/923984?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:27:27 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/919629?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Obesity is a HUGE problem in the United States. And yet, A LOT of people don t realize it. A new study, in Obstetrics & Gynecology, claims many women are unaware that obesity can lead to certain cancers, like colon cancer and breast cancer; Reuters... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/919629?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:38:22 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/junkfood-science/919575?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics No, this post isn t about those polls we ll leave those to the legal professionals already taking critical looks. This is about polls masquerading as medical research. A new survey published in the current issue of the journal Obstetrics ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/junkfood-science/919575?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:07:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/daily-diabetic/918763?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Ronnie ComeauResearchers from Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the university's School of Medicine have evidence that Asian-white couples run a higher risk of gestational diabetes and caesari... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/daily-diabetic/918763?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:20:43 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/917838?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics This letter is causing a firestorm over at MedPolitics.An anesthesiologist unloads on the obstetrics profession, where he feels that they take patient rights too far.The source is a .PDF file, so the letter is re-printed in it's entirety:If the tone ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/917838?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:42:26 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/916773?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics As Pennsylvania pols try to wrap up a two-year legislative session in the next couple months, some big unresolved health-care issues are caught up in political wheeling and dealing. A state program that helps most docs cover half of the $1 million in... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/916773?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:40:36 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/915364?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics More bad press for bisphenol-A (BPA), the toxic compound used in making hard plastic. Researchers from the Yale School of Medicine claim that BPA interferes with brain cells, possibly causing learning impairments and depression.The study s pu... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/915364?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:39:48 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/straight-from-the-doc/914385?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6552719Aging can sometimes suck, now that I think about it. Especially for women. Menopause isn't easy I've read and been told. Sleeping problems, hot flashes and night sweats - I guess each and every woman dread... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/straight-from-the-doc/914385?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:55:35 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/914094?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Filed under: Babies, Pregnancy & birth, In the newsAt sixty-one years old, she wasn't the world's oldest woman to give birth, but she was, apparently, the oldest surrogate mother in a country where surrogacy is banned by the Japan Society of Obstetri... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/914094?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:00:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/911432?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics July 30, 2008 (CDC Press Release) - Women who receive a diagnosis of diabetes before they become pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with one or even multiple birth defects than a mother who is not diabetic, according to a st... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/911432?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:22:57 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/909526?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Malpractice premiums, decreasing payment, and tough hours makes obstetrics extremely unattractive to today's lifestyle-focused physicians.... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/909526?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:16:33 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/909483?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics With news that Apple's new iPhone is here, medical informatics companies are starting to announce their wares for the mobile platform. AirStrip Technologies, a firm we profiled before, will be releasing an application that should allow an obstetrici... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/909483?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:06:35 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/909000?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Experts urge that just because summer vacation is here, there is no reason to stop eating healthfully. EmaxHealth reports: Summer vacation shouldn t become a vacation from healthy eating. Kids need nutritious food in the summer just as much ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/909000?rsstype=tag&tag=obstetrics Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:31:37 -0400