Janelle Yates

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Are robotic surgery complications underreported?

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: September 15, 2013

Researchers from Johns Hopkins find clear-cut evidence that a significant proportion of robot-related complications go unreported

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The future of the Pap test: Identifying endometrial and ovarian cancers

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: August 1, 2013

Using a liquid-based Pap test, investigators successfully detected 100% of endometrial cancers and 41% of ovarian cancers among 46 women known to ...

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ACOG issues formal statement opposing legislative interference

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: July 11, 2013

ACOG opposes legislative measures that hamper communication between patients and providers or that override the best judgment of the provider

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A lifetime of service to women and their health—the career of Barbara S. Levy, MD

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: May 1, 2013

OBG Management celebrates Dr. Levy’s remarkable tenure combining private ObGyn practice with eloquent and effective public service

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Surgical treatment of endometriosis lowers the risk of ovarian cancer

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: May 1, 2013

Compared with hormonal treatment or no intervention, surgical intervention was associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer

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The newly approved IUD: Which patients is Skyla appropriate for?

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: April 1, 2013

The “mini” levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system is smaller and of shorter duration. Here, a look at its design, effect on blee...

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Vitamin D supplementation in your pregnant and postmenopausal patients: Recent evidence implies it may not be so important

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: April 1, 2013

Two distinct explorations of the association between vitamin D and bone health found “underwhelming” evidence that supplementation is ...

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Robotically assisted hysterectomy is on the rise for benign gynecologic disorders

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: March 1, 2013

Use of the robot in hysterectomy increased from 0.5% of all hysterectomies to 9.5% over 3 years, a new study finds

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The economics of surgical gynecology: How we can not only survive, but thrive, in the 21st Century

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: February 1, 2013

Q&A with Barbara S. Levy, MD, vice president of health policy at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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Women with ER-positive breast Ca may soon extend tamoxifen therapy to 10 years

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: February 1, 2013

A new study confirms that 10 years of tamoxifen significantly lowers the breast cancer mortality rate during the second decade after diagnosis, co...

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Physician earnings have plateaued since 1996

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: February 1, 2013

Meanwhile, earnings of other health professionals continue to rise, according to data from the Current Population Survey

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Survey: Many physicians plan to leave or scale down practice

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: February 1, 2013

A survey of more than 13,000 physicians found widespread dissatisfaction with current medical practice

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Top gynecologic surgeons gather for 2012 PAGS

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: February 1, 2013

A roundup of the Pelvic Anatomy and Gynecologic Surgery (PAGS) symposium held December 13–15, 2012, in Las Vegas

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Breast cancer genome analysis highlights 4 subtypes, link to ovarian cancer

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: November 1, 2012

New insights should advance future treatment

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In a study of compliance, a new contraceptive patch tops the pill

Author:: Janelle Yates

Publish date: November 1, 2012

Compliance with the oral contraceptive pill declined throughout the study

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