Don't smoke your bladder

According to a recent article in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, women who smoke are more likely to have bladder symptoms such as urgency and frequency.

Dr. B:
Makes sense. There are many chemicals that are inhaled when one smokes and many are excreted in the urine. This has been linked to bladder cancer and these chemical irritants could certainly create annoying bladder symptoms. Yet another good reason to not smoke!

Plastic or paper, who cares?

In the august 2011 American Journal of Ob/Gyn there was an article that women prefered permanent sterilization over IUD placement in the immediate post delivery time. The article points out differences in education, socioeconomic status etc. as possible reasons why more women were not getting IUD's.

Dr. B:
Who cares? Terrible study and worthless conclusion. First, IUD's are not permanent unlike sterilization. If someone does not want any more children why would they choose a reversible method of contraception? Interesting that someone even bothered to study this and write an article. IUD's are great and have their place and sterilization procedures are great and have their place. They are not interchangeable.

Hip fracture without hormones

Recent study looking at over 80,000 women who stopped taking post menopausal hormone replacent therapy had an increased risk for hip fracture.

Dr. B:
What did we expect? We knew that taking hormones reduced hip fractures so it would be a no-brainer that if we stop protecting then we start producing more fractures, that is. Starting or stopping postmenopausal hormones should not be taken lightly!