Should we perform prophylactic salpingectomy whenever possible to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer? Over the last five years, many gynecologists have made it routine […]
The Hippocratic Oath
NB: This is not normal howardisms fare, but I needed to put it somewhere for reference by others. Don’t feel obligated to read it unless […]
Fake News (aka, Ob/Gyn Clickbait)
I think a lot about how and where doctors get the information that informs how they practice medicine. In medical school, doctors learn information in […]
Bed Rest
It’s amazing to me that this is something still worth writing about, but unfortunately obstetricians and high-risk OB specialists around the country continue to use […]
When Did Breastfeeding Become a Disease?
The practice of breastfeeding is as old as, well, mankind. Few functions could be considered more natural, and few biologic functions work as well. It […]
From One Extreme to the Other…
I hear an awful lot about swinging pendulums. As medicine, politics, or almost anything goes from one extreme to the other, we are told that […]
OB Potpourri 3.0
Stop Putting Q-Tips in Women’s Urethras This 2016 study by Meyer et al. compared placing a swab in the vagina instead of placing it in […]
Oh my …. Really?
It’s ironic that a journal that’s supposed to combat high blood pressure is doing its best to raise mine with this click bait. A study […]
Is Hydration Useful for the Management of Oligohydramnios? Or Should We Even Care?
This is an excellent clinical question, and the type of question that a clinician encounters almost daily. How should we determine the answer to the […]
Secrets of the Menstrual Cycle
It is clinically useful to think of the menstrual cycle as actually consisting of two cycles (the ovarian cycle and the uterine cycle). Each has three phases: the […]