Search Results < Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

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Most-read Content of November: Analysis of patient-focused web pages about LAAO, PROMPT-LIPID, and antiplatelet regimens
This month researchers examined hospital web page content about percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage occlusion and clinical decision-making.
22 Nov 2022
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Ideal gestational weight gain varies by pre-pregnancy BMI in twin pregnancy
For people giving birth to twins, the gestational weight gain range with the lowest risk for adverse perinatal outcomes was similar among those with a pre-pregnancy BMI of underweight or normal weight. However, the ideal range for gestational weight gain (GWG) for twin pregnancy decreased with each successively higher BMI category, data in JAMA Network Open showed. The data suggest that the current United States Institute of Medicine GWG recommendations should be lower.
Source: Healio
3 Aug 2022
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Rare medical book collection tracks tangled history of women’s health
The history of women's health is captured in a new display of antique books at Second Story Books in D.C. The rare volumes — all on view, for sale and available to handle — track centuries of evolving knowledge in the fields of gynecology, obstetrics and more.
Source: The Washington Post
25 Jul 2022
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Gynecologists actually can see patients online. Here’s how and when.
A doctor writes about how despite misgivings, the pandemic convinced me that telemedicine has a definitive role in health care, including gynecology.
Source: The Washington Post
19 Jul 2022
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Painful Periods and a Double Uterus: A Teen's Struggle With Mullerian Anomalies
Yale gynecologist helps diagnose and treat a teenager with a rare condition.
Source: Yale Medicine
19 Jul 2022
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We know the pain of stillbirth, and we're working to lower the numbers in the US
In October, the Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act was introduced by Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., Kathy Castor, D-Fla., and Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla. Passed in the House on Dec. 8, this bill has been introduced in the Senate by Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla. We commend the bipartisan advancement of this legislation to finally address the stillbirth crisis in our country.
Source: USA Today
20 May 2022
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Major Funding Award Supports Yale Efforts to Address Maternal Health Inequities
A team of Yale researchers, working collaboratively with Yale New Haven Hospital, community partners and two regional hospitals, is exploring ways to improve health outcomes among pregnant and postpartum women in priority populations that have been historically underserved and experience systemic racism. A $20.4 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will support the study.
17 Mar 2022
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Late Hysterectomy Start Times Tied to Longer Hospital Stays
Later Hysterectomy Start Times May Be Associated With Lengthened Hospital Stays, Increased Blood Loss, Researchers Posit. MedPage Today (11/18, D'Ambrosio) reports, “Among patients who underwent a hysterectomy for benign indications, a later surgical start time lengthened hospital stay and increased blood loss,” researchers concluded in a study that “included around 2,900 patients; approximately 1,900 hysterectomies were performed before noon, and 984 were performed after noon.” The findings of the “retrospective cohort study” were presented virtually at the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists annual meeting.
Source: Medpage Today
18 Nov 2021
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Obesity Negatively Affected Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy
Obesity appeared to have a negative impact on clinical and financial outcomes for patients undergoing minimally invasive hysterectomies, according to a retrospective cohort study. Le Neveu and colleagues analyzed all adult patients who underwent a minimally invasive hysterectomy from 2013 to 2019 at five hospitals affiliated with the Johns Hopkins system. They found that higher BMI is linked to longer operating times, greater blood loss, and increased costs.
Source: Medpage Today
17 Nov 2021
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OBGYN researchers published in The Lancet: "Endometriosis is a Chronic Systemic Disease: Clinical Challenges and Novel Innovations"
Endometriosis is a Chronic Systemic Disease: Clinical Challenges and Novel Innovations
Source: The Lancet
27 Feb 2021
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Memorial Lectureship Built from a Decade of Giving in Honor of Ellen Read Leeds Sturges
2020 marked a milestone for the friends and loved ones of the Department’s former patient Ellen Read Leeds Sturges.
16 Dec 2020
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ASRM Announces Hugh Taylor, MD as New President
ASRM Announces Hugh Taylor, MD as New President
Source: ASRM
21 Oct 2020
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A Pregnancy Ended by COVID-19 Informs New Understanding and Protocols
A Pregnancy Ended by COVID-19 Informs New Understanding and Protocols
17 Sep 2020
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Yale OB COVID Study Makes the Cover of JCI
Yale OB COVID Study Makes the Cover of JCI
Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation
1 Sep 2020
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Clinical Science Award for Oral Presentation from ESHRE
Clinical Science Award for Oral Presentation from ESHRE
9 Jul 2020
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2020 Evelyn G. Laufer Award
2020 Evelyn G. Laufer Award
2 Jul 2020
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Nature Medicine's COVID-19 Research in Brief: 9 May to 15 May, 2020
Nature Medicine summarizes all the research you need to know to keep on top of how science is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Nature Medicine
29 May 2020
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Hospital study finds few pregnant women without symptoms have coronavirus
Hospital study finds few pregnant women without symptoms have coronavirus
Source: New Haven Register
27 May 2020
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They Evoke Darth Vader, but These Masks May Save Your Doctor's Life
They Evoke Darth Vader, but These Masks May Save Your Doctor's Life
Source: The New York Times
27 May 2020
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Giving birth in hospital 'incredibly safe' during pandemic with right precautions, study finds
Just 3% of asymptomatic pregnant women ready to deliver were coronavirus positive outside NYC, a new analysis shows.
Source: TODAY
26 May 2020