#DemandBetter
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 this poor care is born out of ignorance and some of it is born out […]
Lessons Learned About Medicine From Riding Motorcycles
One of the only times I have a chance to think without distraction is while riding a motorcycle. What does a guy like me think about when I’m tooling around on curvy roads? Well, stuff like this. Here are some […]
Predictionology and Coronaviruses
Welcome to pandemic hysteria. Have you read any articles predicting the end of civilization yet? I have. Have you seen claims that every step taken by the government is a mistake or we have acted too much or too little […]
A Patient’s Guide to Picking an OB/GYN
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 the one they are currently going to is any good. This is an important question […]
OB Potpourri 5.0
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 which have now been proven worthless. Delayed pushing Delayed pushing or “laboring down” is when […]
Better Birth Control Counseling
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 no life without medicines that is completely safe. All of us weigh risks and benefits […]
Updates on Vaginal Hysterectomy
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 Finland looked at cuff dehiscence rates from 13,645 hysterectomies. They found the following rates of […]
Some Thoughts About Science
I get frustrated daily with the misuse of science by both scientists and non-scientists. Every good social media argument has someone claiming “science” in a gotcha moment, usually not understanding what science even is. Every medical conference I attend is […]
No, you shouldn’t eat your placenta…
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 Women and Birth, an Australian midwifery journal, found that consuming one’s placenta had no effect […]