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Drugs You Shouldn’t Use

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 1, 2021January 1, 2021

I’ve written before about how effective drug reps are at influencing our prescribing habits. They use samples, personal relationships, free meals, and incomplete presentation of […]

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Advanced Maternal Age

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on September 26, 2020September 26, 2020

Few phrases are as misunderstood as “advanced maternal age.” Both doctors and patients frequently misuse and abuse this term. For most people, it implies that […]

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What should the rate of Cesarean Delivery be?

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on September 13, 2020September 26, 2020

Before we start, I’ll tell you that I don’t know what the ideal rate of Cesarean delivery should be; this is, at best, a controversial […]

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#DemandBetter

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020

It’s very frustrating to me to see the poor care that many women receive during their pregnancies from obstetricians who should know better. Some of […]

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Video: Is vaginal hysterectomy a historical footnote?

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on April 23, 2020November 12, 2020

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A Patient’s Guide to Picking an OB/GYN

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on August 27, 2019August 27, 2019

Over the years, I have frequently been asked by women how they should pick an obstetrician-gynecologist. Or, sometimes they will ask how to tell if […]

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OB Potpourri 5.0

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on April 17, 2019April 17, 2019

In this edition of Potpourri, let’s talk about a few things that have a similar theme: common practices that have been adopted without scientific evidence […]

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Better Birth Control Counseling

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on April 1, 2019April 16, 2019

There are no free lunches in life; sorry. Everything has its pluses and minuses. There are no medicines that are completely safe, and there is […]

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Updates on Vaginal Hysterectomy

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on September 22, 2018

Here are some recent studies about the route of hysterectomy and their implications for vaginal hysterectomy. Cuff dehiscence rates A new study this month from […]

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No, you shouldn’t eat your placenta…

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on September 4, 2018

A small pilot study of the effects of eating the placenta after birth (usually through encapsulation) was published this week. Not surprisingly, the study, published in […]

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