Dueling Recommendations Over Annual Pelvic Exams Cause Confusion
By Sandra G. Boodman, Kaiser Health News It’s the latest battle over screening: Should healthy women skip annual pelvic exams? A controversial recommendation … More
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Birth Centers on the Rise: “Like Being at a Home Except it’s the Midwife’s Home”
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News GREENVILLE, S.C. — Kristen Shorey gave birth to her second baby this summer in a marble-lined bathtub … More
How One Hospital Reduced Its C-Sections Rate, Benefitting Patients and Insurers
By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, one of the largest and most respected facilities in Orange County, Calif., needed … More
Patients Work with Doctors to Make Choices About Care
By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News Rose Gutierrez has a big decision to make. Gutierrez, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last spring, … More
More Physician Training Needed to Recommend IUDs
By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News When Wendy Sue Swanson started out as a pediatrician eight years ago, it never crossed her mind … More