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<乌鸦传媒 class='mpt-top_cat_title_description'>News, opinions and meeting coverage in obstetrics and gynecology.

<乌鸦传媒>Birth Control Pills May Produce Protracted Effects on Testosterone Levels

BOSTON - Oral contraceptives may have lingering negative effects on women's sexual health, researchers here reported.

<乌鸦传媒>Recurrent Yeast Infections Associated with Chronic Stress

STOCKHOLM - Women with recurrent yeast infections appear to have lower-than-normal morning levels of salivary cortisol, a sign of stress that could indicate an increased vulnerability to candida, according to a pilot study.

<乌鸦传媒>California Judge Rules Tattoo Inks Must Carry Health Warnings

LOS ANGELES - A California Superior Court judge, citing health risks of lead and arsenic in tattoo inks, has ordered two major tattoo-ink manufacturers to carry warning labels.

<乌鸦传媒>Cytotec Safe and Effective for Management of Early Pregnancy Failure

BETHESDA, Md.-Medical management of early pregnancy failure with 800 脗碌g of Cytotec (misoprostol) is a safe and effective alternative to a standard vacuum aspiration, researchers reported today.

<乌鸦传媒>Family's Tragedy Prompts Major Changes at Boston Hospital

BOSTON-In an extraordinary public admission, a Harvard teaching hospital has revealed the string of errors and lost opportunities that led to a stillborn child and an emergency hysterectomy for his mother.

<乌鸦传媒>Hot Flashes Will Rebound if Hormones Are Stopped

WORCESTER, Mass.-Women who take hormones to relieve the hot flashes associated with menopause are likely to have the symptoms return if they stop hormone therapy.

<乌鸦传媒>Husband's Death After Watching Wife's Epidural Leads to Litigation

LOS ANGELES-Just because an expectant father fainted and died of head injuries after watching his wife have an epidural doesn't mean the procedure itself is particularly dangerous.

<乌鸦传媒>ACOG: Combining In-Office Sterilization and Endometrial Ablation

SAN FRANCISCO-An in-office tubal sterilization and an endometrial ablation can be performed in one session without compromising either procedure.

<乌鸦传媒>Licorice Compound May Fight Latent Herpes Infection

A compound found in licorice, glycyrrhizic acid (GA), induces apoptosis in cells latently infected with Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpes virus and may one day form the basis of a treatment for latent herpes infection, according to a report in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.