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May must-reads:

Watch your mail for the May issue of Contemporary OB/GYN and the following articles from the magazine you trust to deliver scientific information you can use in ob/gyn practice:

Simulation-based team training in obstetric emergencies

Simulation-based training is a vehicle for teaching, rehearsing, and analyzing the interdisciplinary performance of your obstetrical team that improves skills, communication, and patient outcomes. Watch the video to see how it all comes together.

How to talk about sexual issues with cancer patients: Beginning the dialogue

Sexuality is an important component of quality of life, and in women who have cancer, both the disease and treatment can affect their attitudes toward sex. A multifactorial approach can restore patients’ confidence in this aspect of their lives.

Oocyte cryopreservation: Recent progress, future expectations

Oocyte cryopreservation is emerging as a generally safe, effective option for women who postpone pregnancy for personal, medical, or economic reasons. Technological innovations and study results are building a case for this approach to extended fertility.

Clinician to Clinician—Prophylactic laparoscopic abdominal cerclage; Tips for success

Transabdominal cerclage is an effective option for preventing pregnancy loss in select patients. The authors describe their approach to the procedure and demonstrate it in a video clip.

Fetal Monitoring Mythbusters: Fetal head compression

In the fourth column in this series, David A. Miller, MD, reviews the scientific data on fetal head compression.

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Meet Us at ACOG

The staff of Contemporary OB/GYN wants to meet you at ACOG in San Diego. Visit booth #1532, Monday, May 7, through Wednesday, May 9, and tell us how we can make the publication more useful, more relevant, and more accessible to you.

Be sure to stop by on Monday, May 7, to meet Editor-in-Chief Charles J. Lockwood, MD, MHCM, and Deputy Editor Jon I. Einarsson, MD, MPH.

Dr. Lockwood will be available 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Dr. Einarsson will be available 4-5 p.m.
No appointment is necessary.  

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Have Your Say About Our April Issue

Contemporary OB/GYN’s editorial board and editors want your opinion about our April issue. Take our four-question survey to tell us what made a difference to your practice.  Give us suggestions for topics you’d like us to cover in the magazine. Read the next edition of Early Delivery for the results of the poll, which will help shape future content in Contemporary OB/GYN.

» To vote, click here

RESULTS OF LAST MONTH’S SURVEY

Last month, we asked your opinion on the question, “Do you agree with the findings of the Norwegian study that asserts that breast cancer is often over-diagnosed through mammography screening?” Here’s how you responded:

Yes: 44%
No: 43%
Undecided; I need more data: 15%

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