Home Births: Responding to a Cultural Shift in Medicine
We can no longer dismiss the dissatisfaction many women feel with the medicalization of the birthing experience.
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OB/GYN Hospitalists: One Hospitalist’s Take
It was hoped and expected that OB/GYN Hospitalists would improve the quality and safety of obstetric care.
Breast Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Clinical Trial
A breast cancer vaccine developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is safe in patients with metastatic breast cancer, results of an early clinical trial indicate.
Abortion Doctor Delivered 7 Babies Alive, Then Murdered Them With Scissors
Despicable is too kind a word to describe Dr. Kermit Gosnell. Some called him a cold-blooded killer. The state of Pennsylvania agreed with that description when they convicted the doctor on 3 counts of first-degree murder for slaughtering newborn babies and for the death of a woman who overdosed on painkillers following her abortion while under Gosnell’s care.
The “Love Surgeon” Was Nothing but a Brutal Butcher
“Women are structurally inadequate for intercourse. This is a pathological condition amenable by surgery,” so claimed Dr. James C. Burt, a gynecologist and obstetrician, in his 1975 book, Surgery of Love.
Unfortunately, for many patients, Dr. Burt’s genital reconstruction typically resulted in the exact opposite effect he proclaimed his procedures would have on them. Most of his patients suffered several side effects, including sexual dysfunction because of pain during intercourse, infection, and the need for corrective surgery after undergoing Dr. Burt’s bizarre medical procedures.
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