Featured Articles

And the Ankle Bone’s Connected to the…Bladder?

Richard Bercik, MD

Overactive bladder, often associated with urinary urgency, urinary frequency, nocturia, and urinary incontinence, can be very disturbing and distressing to patients.
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Society for Gynecologic Oncologists “Fight Night”

Peter Schwartz, MD

The conventional treatment of advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer is to remove virtually all visible cancer at the initial surgery and follow that treatment with platinum–based combination chemotherapy.
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Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Beth Rackow, MD

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that a young woman’s first visit with an obstetrician-gynecologist occur between the ages of 13 and 15.
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Sperm–Hyaluronic Acid Interaction: Assessment of Male Fertility and Selection of Mature Sperm for ICSI

Gabor Huszar, MD

Research conducted at the Yale Sperm Physiology Laboratory has led to a breakthrough in selecting mature sperm for use in in vitro fertilization treatment.

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Patient Safety in Obstetrics

Edmund F. Funai, MD and Christian M. Pettker, MD

A 26–year–old G2 P1 arrives on a busy L&D in active labor at 2 a.m., but her prenatal chart has failed to accompany her and her primary physician is on vacation. The covering physician’s sign–out report failed to mention that her first delivery was complicated by a neonatal collar–one fracture. Hours after admission, her delivery is complicated by a three–and–a–half–minute shoulder dystocia refractory to all initial interventions and ultimately resolved by extraction of the posterior arm.
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Featured Physician: Lubna Pal

Lubina Pal, MD

Dr. Lubna Pal is Director of the Reproductive Aging and Bone Health Program at Yale Reproductive Endocrinology, specializing in the areas of infertility, reproductive aging and menopause, low bone mineral density (osteopenia and osteoporosis), and reproductive endocrinology.
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Declining Ovarian Reserve…A Critical Determinant of Reproductive Health

Lubina Pal, MD

The US healthcare system expends billions of dollars annually in the management of osteoporotic fractures and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women, major morbidities associated with the postmenopausal period
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