Ever heard of the Child Mortality Rate? It’s the number of children, per 1000, who die before the age of 5. This includes Neonatal Mortality […]
Historic Decline in Maternal Mortality
The graphic above shows the drop in maternal mortality since about 1840 (blue line) along with the drop in perinatal mortality over the same time […]
Four Tips for Performing a Hysterosalpingogram (HSG)
Hysterosalpingogram (HSG) is performed less commonly in modern gynecology than in the past, but it is still a valuable tool for some patients. A well […]
Fact Check: Caffeine and Fibrocystic Change?
I hear it and see it all the time: caffeine causes fibrocystic change or at least makes the pain and breast tenderness associated with fibrocystic […]
Simplified Vaginal Hysterectomy: The Book
My new book is now shipping! This is the definitive book for the definitive surgery and it’s just $39 so you have no excuse not […]
The AMH Syndrome
If you’ve never heard of the Antimullerian Hormone (AMH) Syndrome before, don’t worry: I just made it up. I’ll tell you what it is in […]
Afraid of anesthesia? Read this … (or the story of Victoria)
Simpson and assistants discovering anesthetic effect of chloroform Next to Pitocin, obstetric anesthesia is probably the second-most hated intervention among the natural birth community. Like […]
Afraid of Pitocin? Read this… (or the story of Charlotte)
Princess Charlotte of Wales In the natural birth community, Pitocin is a dirty word. It is blamed, wrongfully, for nearly every ill that affects modern […]
It’s All in the Counseling …
Physicians have a lot of power over patient choices. In theory, physicians present patients with choices and then patients make informed decisions. In practice, this […]