This is an open plea to men if you dont want to have children, then please use a condom. Tricking your girlfriend into taking abortion pills is totally inappropriate. Let the story of Andrew Welden and Remee Lee be a teachable moment for pregnant women, especially those of you wh... Read more

No longer living in New York, I received no less than three emails and phone calls from good friends and colleagues regarding the story of Carlina White, the 23 year old woman who was kidnapped from a New York City Hospital and then miraculously reunited with her birth parents. W... Read more

One rotten apple . . . we all know the clich but it becomes dangerous when that apple ends up in a position of responsibility and authority. Thank goodness those apples are far and few between in obstetrics but when they emerge, disasters are not far behind. Such was the case of ... Read more

Every day I learn something new from my patients and last week was no exception. As I writer, I revere the spoken and written word which allows creativity that is only limited by the boundaries of our imagination. Science, especially quantum physics, has taught us that there is a... Read more

When the Nebraska lawmakers voted to end Medicaid prenatal care for approximately 1500 women their unborn babies paid the ultimate price. Any labor room hospitalist who is responsible for the care of unassigned pregnant women will tell you that it is far easier to take care of pr... Read more

Although Ive been a proponent for prevention of medical errors for years and wrote a book to address those issues, I think my ob-gyn colleagues are finally catching on. Dr. Patrick Duff of the University of Floridas Ob-Gyn department wrote an article in the December issue of the ... Read more