Anticoagulants, such as low-molecular-weight heparin, can be used safely and effectively for the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism in at-risk pregnant women.

Maternal prepregnancy body mass index does not appear to influence the rate of recurrent preterm delivery in women with singleton pregnancies receiving 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate prophylaxis.

Fumonisin mycotoxin contamination of corn-based food (tortillas, masa) in southern California may be a preventable risk factor for fetal neural tube defects among susceptible women.

Regardless of mode of delivery in their prior pregnancy, women with secondary infertility are more likely to have an abnormal hysterosalpingogram than are those with primary infertility.

Higher semen quality enhances the chance of twinning, insulinlike growth factor is central to the control of sperm production and its characteristics, and dizygotic twinning is effected through attributes inherited by fathers along the male line.

Fifty-seven percent of parturients investigated experienced at least 1 shaking rigor; associated variables were epidural usage and maximum temperature during labor.

Few, if any, clinical differences exist between primary fallopian tube carcinoma and epithelial ovarian cancer.

We describe data reported to the Food and Drug Administration to determine phase III endpoints for a proprietary misoprostol vaginal insert.

This report describes the second published case of a uterine fibroid containing metastatic melanoma.

A woman with locally advanced vulvar cancer and no evidence of metastatic disease at presentation displayed complete resolution of her vulvar and groin disease but developed early metastatic spread to the lungs and bone.

A 21-year-old woman presented with peripartum intussusception without an anatomic or pathologic etiology.

Mediastinal teratoma is a rare cause of hydrops fetalis and should be considered in the differential diagnosis.

An Actinomyces infection should be suspected in the event of acute abdominal problems in women wearing IUDs.

Primary hyperparathyroidism is a disease of unknown frequency, with variable symptomatology, including intractable hyperemesis.

 

YAZ^� is an effective combination oral contraceptive that combines low-dose estrogen with the novel progestin drospirenone and employs a regimen with a shortened hormone-free interval.

YAZ^� is a combination oral contraceptive (COC) with an indication for the treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder in women seeking a COC for contraception.

Moderate acne vulgaris affects a large part of the population. A variety of topical, systemic and hormonal therapies, including oral contraceptives, are utilized for treatment.