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Conjugated Linoleic Acid for Weight Loss: Hope or Hype?
Every year or so, a new product arrives on the scene promising quick and easy weight loss. Our fantasy of a pain free solution to unwanted body fat is nothing new. In the 1970’s, I remember my groovy teenage babysitter sprinkling a “magic” weight ...
Dec 19, 2001
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Conjugated Linoleic Acid for Weight Loss: Hope or Hype?
Every year or so, a new product arrives on the scene promising quick and easy weight loss. Our fantasy of a pain free solution to unwanted body fat is nothing new. In the 1970’s, I remember my groovy teenage babysitter sprinkling a “magic” weight ...
Dec 19, 2001
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ACOG Annual Meeting - San Diego - "President's Program" continued...
…The next speaker who presented at the “Presidents Program” should have run for President herself, and I don’t mean of ACOG, Dr. Joycelyn Elders. I have heard her speak before, but this was one of her finest moments. She started with the accurate ...
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Post-op Dr T!
Well, it has been exactly a week since my shoulder surgery and let me tell you how much I am NOT enjoying being a patient. I am also not a very good one. Things went pretty much as expected. After placing a ‘scalene block’ in the shoulder, the ane...
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More Highlights from the 2007 SMFM Meeting in San Francisco
Over the past several days there have been many more fascinating presentations at this year’s SMFM Meeting. In all the time I have attended this meeting, I have not seen research at this level presented. Unfortunately, much of the information woul...
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Cervical Dysplasia and Cancer in Pregnancy - 1
Awhile back, a reader asked me to discuss cervical cancer in pregnancy. I had put the topic on the back burner, waiting for a good segue into the subject from a patient care perspective. When it comes right down to it, cervical cancer during pregn...
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More Queries About Rh-Negative Blood
The following two comments recently appeared on my post addressing Implications of a Negative Blood Type. The first reader's question is worth repeating because MANY readers have asked the same question (in various forms) and the explanation is fa...
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Amniotic Fluid - 7 - Complications Related to Polyhydramnios
When excessive amniotic fluid (polyhydramnios or, simply, hydramnios) is present, there are increased risks of complications for both mother and baby. Some of the risks to the baby are obvious if there is an identifiable etiology for the hydramnio...
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Fetal Nasal Bone Assessment in First Trimester Screening for Aneuploidy
The reader below underwent combined first trimester screening for aneuploidy and during the process, the baby was found to have an absent nasal bone. Due to the difficulty in routinely obtaining a definitive assessment of the nasal bone, and its c...
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Drugs and Fetal Development: Focus, Valproic Acid
Recently, I was interviewed by a reporter who was interested in discussing stages of fetal development and factors that might contribute to congenital abnormalities during the same. This was a reminder to me that I have wanted to review recent con...
