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Characteristics associated with severe perineal and cervical lacerations during vaginal delivery

» By Landy H, et al.

(March 2011) To characterize potentially modifiable risk factors for third- or fourth-degree perineal lacerations and cervical lacerations in a contemporary U.S. obstetric practice

Reducing the incidence of twins from IVF treatments: predictive modelling from a retrospective cohort

» Roberts S, et al.

(2011) IVF treatments carry a high risk of twin pregnancy which confers a higher risk to the mother and child than singletons. Increased use of elective single embryo transfer (eSET) can reduce this twin rate. We aimed to utilize

Female obesity adversely affects assisted reproductive technology (ART) pregnancy and live birth rates

» By Luke B, et al.

(November 2011) As the most common chronic disease in the USA, overweight or obesity affects more than one-third of adults…

Pregnancy and childbirth during family medicine residency training

» By Hutchinson A, et al.

(March 2011) Family medicine residency programs are training more women; pregnancy and childbirth during residency have become more common. The purpose of this study was to examine childbirth during residency from…

Physical activity before and during pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis

» By Tobias D, et al.

(January 2011) Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the most common complications of pregnancy and is associated with a substantially elevated risk of adverse health outcomes for both mothers and offspring. Physical activity may…

Using a simplified bishop score to predict vaginal delivery

» By Laughon SK, et al.

(April 2011) The Bishop score is the most commonly used method to assess the readiness of the cervix for induction. However, it was created without modern statistical methods. Our objective was to determine whether a simplified score…

Earliest appropriate time for administering neurobehavioral assessment in newborn infants

» By Xu Y, et al.

(January 2011) To assess the effect of examination time on newborn neurobehavioral examinations administered within 48 hours of delivery and to identify the earliest appropriate time for performing the assessment.

Preconception predictors of birth outcomes: prospective findings from the central Pennsylvania women’s health study

» By Weisman CS, et al.

(October 2011) To examine maternal pre-pregnancy (preconception) predictors of birthweight and fetal growth for singleton live births occurring over a 2-year period in a prospective study.

The gut microbiota and irritable bowel syndrome: friend or foe?

» By Ghoshal UC, et al

(January 2012) Progress in the understanding of the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), once thought to be a purely psychosomatic disease, has advanced considerably and low-grade inflammation and changes in the gut microbiota now feature as potentially important…

Decentral gene expression analysis for ER+/Her2 breastcancer: results of a proficiency testing program for the EndoPredict assay

» By Denkert C, et al

(March 2012) Gene expression profiles provide important information about the biology of breast tumors and can be used to develop prognostic tests…