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This has been an exciting year for us as we took up a broader collaboration with our colleagues in the NEJM Group, changed our name to NEJM Journal Watch Women's Health, and launched a new website. We remain devoted to providing clinicians with the information they need to give their patients the best care — and, as part of NEJM Group, we are now poised to do that better than ever. We are constantly exploring ways to provide you with richer content and enhanced graphics, while continuing to make our offerings to you timely, relevant, and succinct.
Here, we highlight 10 of our top stories from 2013. Key issues of the year include lowering cesarean delivery rates, advantages of long-acting reversible contraceptives (notably, intrauterine contraception), safety of transdermal estrogen for menopausal hormone therapy, and the first nonhormonal medication approved for vasomotor symptoms. Additional topics concern promoting uptake of human papillomavirus vaccination, adjusting to practice patterns in which pelvic examinations are no longer routinely performed, and using pelvic ultrasound to definitively diagnose nonviable pregnancies. We also addressed the ongoing controversy about care provided by nurse practitioners versus physicians. One of our most compelling stories was based not on a conventional research article, but on a physician's personal reflections about the pressures she faced as she struggled with breast-feeding. This piece generated more reader comments than any other in recent memory.
Our women's health top stories of 2013 are
Preventing the First Cesarean Delivery: How Best to Change Current Practice
Hospital-Level Variation in Cesarean Delivery Rates
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease After Intrauterine Device Placement Is Rare
Postmenopausal Estrogen Therapy: Advantages of Transdermal Delivery
What's Old is New Again: Paroxetine for Hot Flashes?
Most OB/GYNs Perform Pelvic Examinations Routinely
Criteria for Diagnosing Early Pregnancy Failure
MDs vs. NPs in Primary Care … The Conflict Continues
Has the “Breast Is Best” Campaign Gone Too Far?
We wish you the very best in 2014.