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American Family Physician
July 1, 2006
Lesnewski & Prine |
Initiating Hormonal Contraception Physicians can help patients improve their use of birth control by providing anticipatory guidance about the most common side effects, giving comprehensive information about available choices, and honoring women's preferences.   |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2005 |
Taking Care of Yourself After Having a Baby A patient hand out on the issues new mothers face, including postpartum depression, breastfeeding, and birth control. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2001
Keith Sinusas & Amy Gagliardi |
Initial Management of Breastfeeding This article describes ways in which family physicians can facilitate the early initiation and long-term success of breastfeeding in their patients... |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2007
Anderson & Etches |
Prevention and Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage Postpartum hemorrhage occurs in up to 18% of births and is the most common maternal morbidity in developed countries. Early recognition, systematic evaluation and treatment, and prompt fluid resuscitation minimize the potentially serious outcomes associated with postpartum hemorrhage. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2004 |
New Contraceptive Options A study of different forms and methods of contraception. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2004
As-Sanie, Gantt & Rosenthal |
Pregnancy Prevention in Adolescents The family physician plays a key role by engaging adolescent patients in confidential, open, and nonthreatening discussions of reproductive health, responsible sexual behavior, and contraceptive use. |
Nursing
October 2011
Elizabeth Heavey |
Obesity in pregnancy: Deliver sensitive care This article addresses the health risks of obesity to mother and baby during pregnancy, labor, and delivery and discusses what you can do to mitigate those risks. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2002
Sharp & Lipsky |
Screening for Depression Across the Lifespan: A Review of Measures for Use in Primary Care Settings Depression is a common psychiatric disorder in children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Primary care physicians, not mental health professionals, treat the majority of patients with symptoms of depression. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2006
Maughan, Heim & Galazka |
Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage: Managing the Third Stage of Labor Good evidence shows that active management of the third stage of labor provides a better balance of benefits and harms and should be practiced routinely to decrease the risk of postpartum hemorrhage. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2005
Lawrence Leeman |
Curbside Consultation A comparison of patient-choice cesarean delivery and vaginal delivery. |
American Family Physician
March 1, 2006
Robert C. Langan |
Discharge Procedures for Healthy Newborns Physicians should use a checklist to facilitate discussions with new parents before discharging their healthy newborn from the hospital. The checklist should include information on breastfeeding, warning signs of illness, and ways to keep the child healthy and safe. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2005
Kirkham, Harris & Grzybowski |
Evidence-Based Prenatal Care: Part II. Third-Trimester Care and Prevention of Infectious Diseases Recommendations for care, disease screening, labor induction and vaccinations for patients during late pregnancy. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2002
Ward & Zamorski |
Benefits and Risks of Psychiatric Medications During Pregnancy Decisions regarding the use of psychiatric medications should be individualized, and the most important factor is usually the patient's level of functioning in the past when she was not taking medications. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2002
Sarina Schrager |
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Associated with Hormonal Contraception Abnormal uterine bleeding is a common but rarely dangerous side effect of hormonal contraception. It is, however, a major cause for the discontinuation of hormonal contraception and the resultant occurrence of unplanned pregnancy... |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2004
David G. Weismiller |
Emergency Contraception Advance provision of this type can increase its use significantly without adversely affecting the use of routine contraception. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2000
Toni Lapp |
ACOG Addresses Psychosocial Screening in Pregnant Women Recognizing the broad range of psychosocial issues that pregnant women face is an important step toward improving women's health and birth outcomes... |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2007
Tunzi & Gray |
Common Skin Conditions During Pregnancy Most skin conditions resolve postpartum and only require symptomatic treatment. However, there are specific treatments for some conditions (e.g., melasma, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, impetigo herpetiformis, pruritic folliculitis of pregnancy). |
American Journal of Nursing
April 2012
Kit S. Devine |
The Underutilization of Emergency Contraception Despite the availability of effective contraceptive methods, unintended pregnancy continues to be a significant health problem for women throughout the world and in the United States. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2006
Bindra & Braunstein |
Thyroiditis Thyroiditis is an inflammation of the thyroid gland that may be painful and tender when caused by infection, radiation, or trauma, or painless when caused by autoimmune conditions, medications, or an idiopathic fibrotic process. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2001 |
Tips For Breastfeeding Success Why should I breastfeed?... How do I get breastfeeding off to a good start?... How can I tell that my baby is getting enough milk?... What can I do to prevent sore nipples?... etc. |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2001
Jeanne P. Spencer |
Medications in the Breast-Feeding Mother Prescribing medications for a breast-feeding mother requires weighing the benefits of medication use for the mother against the risk of not breast-feeding the infant or the potential risk of exposing the infant to medications... |
Science News
September 23, 2006
Janet Raloff |
Babies Motor Better with Breast Milk Even a few months of breastfeeding appear to confer important motor-coordination benefits on an infant. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2002 |
Depression in Women Is depression common in women?... What are the symptoms?... What causes depression?... Symptoms of Depresssion... How is depression treated?... Are antidepressants safe for any woman with depression?... etc. |
American Family Physician
December 1, 2003 |
Returning to Work While Breastfeeding Breastfeeding is good for your baby -- and for you. It provides the best nutrition for your baby and protects your baby against many illnesses. Before you return to work, you may want to make a breastfeeding plan. This plan can help you with problems that could keep you from breastfeeding your baby. |
IDB America
January 2004
Daniel Drosdoff |
Good health starts with breastfeeding Health experts urge women everywhere to breastfeed their children, but that advice is especially important in Guyana. The program described in this article tries to promote breast feeding to help solve this counties problem of undernourished children. |
Managed Care
June 2007
Lisa A. Higgins |
Sobering Stats Invite Insurers To Fight Alcoholism Effectively Health plans may not be able to control problem drinking by their members. They can, however, affect the way their contracted providers approach the problem. And that may be what makes the difference. |
Science News
May 25, 2002
Janet Raloff |
On Wheat and Weaning Prolonged breastfeeding appears to offer some babies major intestinal benefits, a new Swedish study finds. The practice prevented or at least delayed the onset of celiac disease in children. |
AskMen.com
January 6, 2001
Joshua Levine |
Dealing With Depression Clinical depression is an illness characterized by a cluster of feelings, thoughts and behaviors that are strikingly different from a person's normal range of feeling and functioning... |
AskMen.com
Harold Russell |
Depression & Fatigue A recent study of adults showed fatigue and lethargy to be the most common and debilitating symptoms of depression. This finding could change the way that physicians treat this illness. |
Managed Care
August 2006
Cross & Sipkoff |
Although Employers Need Depression Programs, They May Not Know It Yet Research says the hidden cost of untreated depression far outweighs the cost of treatment. Plans need to get this information to purchasers. |
Managed Care
December 2005
Lola Butcher |
Kansas City Focuses on Depression Health plans, researchers, employers, and workers make common cause to identify and treat depression. |
ifeminists
December 30, 2003
Katie Allison Granju |
The Milky Way of Doing Business How has the American Academy of Pediatrics been influenced by the $3 billion U.S. infant formula industry? |
Salon.com
July 11, 2001
Amy Benfer |
A history of failure Author and psychologist Bruce Levine pummels psychiatry, psychotropic drugs and the role both may have played in the case of Andrea Yates... |
ifeminists
August 25, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
On Breastfeeding, Rights, and Good Manners Breastfeeding need not devolve into cultural warfare. The issue will yield to courtesy, common sense and a bit of respect for the other person's rights. |
Fast Company
Lindsay Goldwert |
The Horrors Of Pumping Breast Milk At Work (And Why Employers Should Care) For new moms, transitioning from maternity leave back to office life is a rocky adjustment. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2006 |
Depression: What You Should Know A patient guide: What is depression?... What causes depression?... Symptoms of Depression... How is depression diagnosed?... etc. |
