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The New England Journal of Medicine: Search Results in Obstetrics\Gynecology
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) RSS feed -- Search Results in Obstetrics\Gynecology. NEJM (http://www.nejm.org) is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research findings, review articles, and editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice.

A 9-Valent HPV Vaccine against Infection and Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Women
01/01/70 - The human papillomavirus (HPV) causes premalignant and malignant lesions of the cervix,, vagina,, vulva,, anus,, penis, and oropharynx, as well as genital warts. The recent development of prophylactic vaccines directed against the most relevant disease-causing HPV types has helped to prevent…

HPV "Coverage"
01/01/70 - This issue of the Journal presents a milestone in expanding the coverage of cancers associated with the human papillomavirus (HPV). Joura and colleagues report the results of a randomized, controlled trial of a new 9-valent HPV vaccine versus a quadrivalent HPV vaccine in more than 14,000 young…

Less-Tight versus Tight Control of Hypertension in Pregnancy
01/01/70 - Almost 10% of pregnant women have hypertension; hypertension is preexisting in 1%, gestational hypertension without proteinuria develops in 5 to 6%, and preeclampsia develops in 2%. Preexisting hypertension and gestational hypertension before 34 weeks are associated with an increased risk of…

Adjuvant Ovarian Suppression in Premenopausal Breast Cancer
01/01/70 - Adjuvant endocrine therapy with tamoxifen has been recommended for premenopausal women with hormone-receptor?positive breast cancer (positive for estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, or both) during the past 15 years. The value of therapeutic suppression of ovarian estrogen production in…

Control of Hypertension in Pregnancy ? If Some Is Good, Is More Worse?
01/01/70 - Entering pregnancy with chronic hypertension is increasingly common. A nationwide study of deliveries in the United States revealed that the prevalence of chronic hypertension among pregnant women had increased significantly, from 0.9% in 1995?1996 to 1.5% in 2007?2008. The frequency of…

Mitochondrial Donation ? How Many Women Could Benefit?
01/01/70 - To the Editor: Inherited mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are an important cause of genetic diseases for which there is no effective treatment. New techniques that are based on in vitro fertilization (IVF), including pronuclear and metaphase II spindle transfer,, have the potential to prevent…

Gestational Hypertension and Preeclampsia in Living Kidney Donors
01/01/70 - Each year, more than 27,000 persons worldwide become living kidney donors; the majority are women. Young female donors frequently ask whether kidney donation will affect future pregnancies. In late pregnancy, animals that have undergone uninephrectomy have higher levels of blood pressure and…

The ?-Thalassemias
01/01/70 - The thalassemias are the most common human monogenic diseases. These inherited disorders of hemoglobin synthesis are characterized by a reduced production of globin chains of hemoglobin. Worldwide, the most important forms are the ?- and ?-thalassemias, which affect production of the ?-globin…

Tracheoesophageal Fistula in a Newborn
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2009 H1N1 Influenza and Pregnancy ? 5 Years Later
01/01/70 - In April 2009, a novel influenza A virus, now referred to as influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus (2009 H1N1), was identified in two children in California, and shortly thereafter, the second U.S. death associated with 2009 H1N1 occurred in a previously healthy pregnant woman. The virus spread rapidly…

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