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When Pubic hair style is chosen, you have to decide how to do it. There are 5 options:
1. Shaving with blades;
2. Shaving with electric razor;
3. Using hair removing cream;
4. Waxing;
5. Laser hair remove.
How to shave pubic hairs using a blade:
1. Trim the hair down as short as possible. (Razors don't cut long hair easily. If you try to shave long hair you will clog your razor and end up irritated.)
2. Apply shaving lotion and work it into the hairs. (It helps soften hairs and makes them easier to shave. You can use also soup, but it is not the best option.)
3. Use a sharp razor (dull razors will irritate your skin) to shave your hairs. (You should pass the razor over the skin in the same direction that the hairs normally point. Try not to stroke every area more than twice and rinse the blades very often to keep it from clogging up.)
If you are not satisfied with the closeness of the shave we suggest two things:
- Use a better or sharper razor, now also can buy razor with vibration function.
- If (and only if) you don't suffer from shaving irritation or ingrown hairs you can try to shave against the grain, but try don't do it without need. Ingrown pubic hairs can be painful and ugly.
4. Use aftershave and apply lotion to the area. You can also use baby oil.
How to make Bikini Waxing
Waxing at salon:
If you don't want to spring for the full professional wax job, we can't blame you. It is fairly expensive and nobody really enjoy flashing goods to anyone that isn't a lover. Although it is a painful process, but wax job last for about 4 weeks.
If waxing is done by good professional, then it is less painful, because they know best way how to rip off hairs and after all it don't seems so bad beauty treatment at all.
Self waxing:
If you make waxing at home, be ready for long and painful process without guaranty for good result, because waxes are never as good as in salons and hard to reach all areas, even don't talking about pain what you are doing to yourself (it is always harder to do waxing for yourself). You can try to use wax stripes, but then use labeled: for sensitive skin or with aloe. Unfortunately, they don't work well and always miss some of the hairs so that you have wax again right away. Waxing the second time is more painful because your skin is all puffy, sore and swollen by then. You can buy the same wax they use at the salons but you have to buy a wax warmer and some other stuff.
Home made skin lightening cream
Lemon Juice
One way to get rid of discolored skin patches is to use the juice from a freshly squeezed lemon; it is one oldest known home remedies to lighten the color of the skin. Applying the juice of the lemon on the skin helps in bleaching the hair present on the skin. Fresh lemon juice is natural and therefore does not clog your pores as would synthetic or mineral alternatives and its also easy on the pocket. Do bear in mind, however, that lemon juice has astringent properties which will dry the skin and in some cases can cause skin irritation, and hence you will need to ensure that you moisturize the skin regularly or use the lemon juice as a blend with a base oil such olive oil or almond oil.
Another home remedy
Blend tomato juice and add a few drops of lime juice. You may also use fresh cucumber juice as an application on the skin. Cucumber juice can be left on the skin for overnight for quicker results.
Another panacea for all kinds of skin problems is fresh aloe vera gel form the thick leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe vera gel is believed to be a splendid natural skin lightening agent and in combination with cucumber juice works just as well. Another tropical home remedy to lighten dark skin is to use fresh lemon juice with freshly ground sandalwood paste as an application for the entire body.
Most home remedies are believed to be safe for use on all parts of the body, but please remember that none of these guarantee instant results.
Anal Bleaching
Anal bleaching is the process of lightening the area around the anus by bleaching it to get rid of any dark pigmentation that might be a result of a lifetime of body changes.
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There are unlimited pubic hair styles, but they can be easy or difficult to care for, so the first step for you will be a choosing the right style for you. Please pick style what fits your life style or mood, and remember - there is no age restrictions for beautiful pubic hair style!
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Progestogens for Prevention of Preterm Birth
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Table of Contents
Burden of Preterm Birth
Birth before completion of 37 weeks of pregnancy is considered preterm. These early births are associated with more than 85 percent of all perinatal morbidity and mortality and are the leading cause of infant mortality and long-term disability.1-2 Each year in the United States more than 475,000 infants are born preterm representing 12.5 percent of live births.3 Efforts to reduce preterm birth have been largely unsuccessful, with a 20 percent relative increase since 1990 in the proportion of births in the United States that are preterm.2
Morbidity and mortality associated with preterm birth represent untold distress for families, as well as significant costs to patients, health care systems, and payers. Average neonatal care costs are estimated to be $17,300 greater for preterm infants relative to term infants, amounting to more than $8.6 billion of annual medical spending in the United States.4 The ultimate goal in preventing preterm birth is to eliminate the risks of neonatal complications and death and to ensure normal development.5
In the last decade, accumulating evidence from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) has led professional organizations and an Institute of Medicine working group to endorse the use of progestogens for women with prior spontaneous preterm birth. However, these groups also note interest in assessing long-term safety because the legacy of diethylstilbestrol suggests caution and extended followup of mothers and infants after hormone use in pregnancy. Unresolved issues about choice of progestogen, optimal route of drug delivery, and other candidate high-risk populations for treatment remain. To review the current state of the evidence we answered the following Key Questions (KQs).
Key Questions
KQ1. In pregnant women who are at risk for preterm birth (which is birth before 37 weeks gestational age), does progestogen treatment, compared to a placebo, usual care, or other interventions improve maternal or fetal/neonatal health outcomes, including but not limited to:
- Complications during pregnancy (e.g., chorioamnionitis, antenatal hospitalizations and intrauterine growth restriction)?
- Mode of birth and complications during birth (e.g., cesarean birth and surgical complications)?
- Prematurity?
- Postpartum and neonatal complications (e.g., maternal postpartum hemorrhage and intraventricular hemorrhage)?
- Longer term outcomes (e.g., neurodevelopmental delay and future reproductive outcomes)?
KQ2. What is the nature and frequency of maternal and child adverse effects of progestogen treatment, including but not limited to:
- Complications during pregnancy (e.g. allergic reactions or development of gestational diabetes)?
- Mode of birth and complications during birth (e.g., unanticipated maternal harms)?
- Postpartum and neonatal complications (e.g., infections and sepsis)?
- Longer term outcomes?
KQ3. How do the effectiveness, adverse effects, and safety of progestogen treatment differ based on the maternal risk factors for preterm birth, such as severity of prior preterm birth, degree of cervical shortening, order of multiple gestations, fetal fibronectin status, preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM), threatened preterm birth, and socioeconomic predictors of prematurity, including race/ethnicity?
KQ4. How do the effectiveness, acceptability, adherence, adverse effects, and safety of progestogen treatment differ, based on the formulation, dose, frequency of administration, and gestational age at initiation or discontinuation of progestogen therapy?
KQ5. How do the effectiveness, adverse effects, and safety of progestogen treatment differ based on cointerventions used to prevent preterm birth and its consequences, including antibiotics, corticosteroids, tocolysis, and surgical interventions such as cervical cerclage?
KQ6. What are the effects of health system and provider factors, including provider knowledge and attitudes, provider specialty, cost of drug, availability of drug in formularies, and Medicaid and private payer coverage, on the utilization of progestogens for eligible at risk women?
Literature Search
Our search included MEDLINE® and Embase. We also hand searched the references of included articles to identify additional studies. Controlled vocabulary terms served as the foundation of our search, complemented by additional keyword phrases to represent the myriad ways in which progestogens and preterm labor were referred to in the clinical literature. We also employed indexing terms within each database to exclude ineligible publication types and articles in languages other than English.
Article Selection Process
We examined article abstracts to determine whether studies met our criteria. Two reviewers separately evaluated the abstracts for inclusion or exclusion. If one reviewer concluded the article could be eligible for the review based on the abstract, we retained it. Full publications were then jointly reviewed for final inclusion. Reasons and processes for exclusions are described in the full report.
Data Extraction
All team members shared the task of entering information into evidence tables. After initial data extraction, another member checked table entries for accuracy, completeness, and consistency. Abstractors reconciled inconsistencies.
We conducted a Bayesian meta-analysis to provide aggregate estimates of the effectiveness of progestogen treatment for preventing preterm birth and reducing neonatal mortality. We constructed models to address two aspects of clinical utility—grouping the RCTs: (1) by the indications for which the progestogens were administered in the study (prior preterm birth, multiple gestations, and current preterm labor) and (2) by the progestogen formulation used in the trial (intramuscular, oral, or vaginal).
Quality Assessment
We used a quality assessment worksheet to capture key elements of study design and conduct. Two reviewers independently assessed the quality and resolved differences through discussion, review of the publications, and consensus with the team. Quality scores for individual studies are listed in Appendix E (in the full report).
Evidence Synthesis
Text that summarizes the research evidence is organized by KQ. Within each KQ, we organized the evidence by aspects of the question, such as indication and formulation. In the full report, we include evidence tables and summary tables of common outcomes, and we provide extended analysis.
Literature Search Yield
We identified 417 nonduplicate publications. Seventy articles met criteria and were included. The most common reasons for exclusion were irrelevance to the topic and ineligible study size. Included studies reflected 63 distinct study populations: 28 RCTs, 4 clinical trials, 14 cohort studies, 8 case series, 6 case-control studies, and 3 cross-sectional studies. Eight were good quality, 43 fair, and 19 poor. Seven articles reported secondary analyses or repeated surveys of the same provider group. Forty-six articles pertained to KQ1, 52 articles to KQ2, 19 articles to KQ3, 52 articles to KQ4, 18 articles to KQ5, and 11 articles to KQ6.
Interpretation of Meta-Analysis
In the Results section of the full report, we report the findings from meta-analysis as odds ratios (OR) from Bayesian models. It is important to note that when outcomes are common, such as preterm birth in these study populations, the OR is not a direct surrogate for the risk ratio (RR). For instance, in KQ1, below, consider these OR and comparable approximate RR pairings:
Thus the risk reduction is somewhat smaller than it may appear from the OR.
KQ1. Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Health Outcomes
Forty-six articles from 41 study populations provide data about progestogen use among women at risk for preterm birth. Indications for treatment varied, including a history of preterm birth in 10 investigations, preterm labor in the study pregnancy in 10, multiple gestation in 6, populations with a variety of risk factors in 11 studies, and unique indications (for example, abdominal surgery unrelated to pregnancy) in 4. Progestogen treatment included natural progesterone and synthetic progestins administered via injection, vaginally, or orally. The most common route and formulation was intramuscular 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17OHP).
Among women with a history of preterm birth, progestogen treatment decreased the risk of preterm birth before 37 weeks (meta-estimate OR=0.66; 95% Bayesian credible interval [BCI]: 0.53, 0.82) and neonatal mortality (meta-estimate OR=0.52, 95% BCI: 0.25, 0.96). Among the trials in the meta-estimate, the risk of preterm birth was 46.6 percent among women in the placebo group and 37.2 percent among those receiving progestogens. In these same trials, the risk of neonatal death was 4.0 percent among women in the placebo group and 2.3 percent among those receiving progestogens. Thus, across studies, intervention is associated with a 9.4 percent overall reduction in preterm births and a 1.7 percent overall reduction in neonatal mortality. The largest RCT among women with prior preterm birth (n=611) did not find reduced risk of preterm birth or other benefits.6 Mean birth weight was not consistently reported. Infants of women treated with progestogens weighed an average of 239 gm more than those of women who received placebo, with poor precision (95% confidence interval [CI]: -44.5, 523.3 gm) and inconsistency across studies. These studies do not show consistent benefits in other maternal, fetal, neonatal, or child health outcomes.
Treatment of women with preterm labor was associated with prolonged time from treatment to birth in two uncontrolled trials.7-8 Two other trials, including a placebo-controlled double-blind study, reported nonsignificant differences and conflicting findings.9-10 Preterm birth findings were more consistent and supported by three studies. The aggregate estimate suggests progestogen treatment in women with preterm labor decreases the risk of preterm birth before 37 weeks (meta-estimate OR=0.26; 95% BCI: 0.10, 0.49). Among 74 comparison group members not receiving progestogens 50.0 percent had preterm births compared to 21.3 percent of the 75 women receiving progestogens, an overall decrease of 28.7 percent.
Moderately strong evidence based on trials and consistent findings indicates lack of effectiveness for multiple gestations (preterm birth at < 35 weeks OR=1.18; 95% BCI: 0.79, 1.39). Among the trials in the meta-estimate, the risk of preterm birth was 47.5 percent among women in the placebo group and 51.9 percent among those receiving progestogens. Thus, across studies, intervention is associated with a 4.4 percent overall increase in preterm births. The heterogeneity of the studies that included women with varied indications for progestogen treatment, combined with the lack of reporting outcomes by risk factors, makes it impossible to interpret their significance for specific indications. Among studies that examined unique indications for progestogen treatment, such as postoperative management or treatment of active-duty military personnel, none demonstrated improvements in maternal, fetal, or neonatal outcomes. One unique indication, asymptomatic short cervix, had a randomized trial of progesterone vaginal gel added to the literature after completion of our initial systematic review, bringing the total number of women studied for this indication to 708. The trials found benefit in preventing prematurity and neonatal mortality from preterm birth, while raising questions about what cervical length to use as a cutoff for treatment and when to screen.11-12
Evidence supporting all uses other than those among women with prior spontaneous preterm birth is insufficient to inform clinical care. Evidence for benefits beyond prevention of preterm birth, such as increased birthweight, decreased infant morbidity, and improved childhood outcomes is insufficient across all groups in which progestogens have been studied.
KQ2. Adverse Effects of Progestogen Treatment for Mother or Child
Fifty-two studies from 47 study populations provided some information on adverse effects of progestogen treatment. Most studies do not indicate what categories of harms were systematically assessed, what operational definitions were used to define a specific harm, or what proportion of women or infants were assessed at each time period. It is not possible to determine with confidence whether the extreme ranges of incidence of adverse effects reported reflect differences in definitions, susceptibility among participants, dose or formulation, or methods for ascertainment. The latter seems likely to contribute since potential harms were not uniformly sought. Similar small proportions of study participants withdrew from treatment and placebo groups; 0.6 to 3.2 percent and 0.3 to 1.6 percent respectively. In general, clinical trials have lacked statistical power to identify distinct differences in adverse effects between groups such as risk of fetal deaths prior to birth. Long-term effects have not been well studied. No high-quality surveillance studies of large populations of exposed women and/or children were identified. No data were available from large registries often developed for surveillance of rare outcomes. Numbers of gestations followed for rare outcomes such as genital tract anomalies, feminization of the male fetus, altered reproductive function, or other hormone-responsive changes in physiology are insufficient to assess risk.
KQ3. Modifiers of Treatment Outcomes by Maternal Factors
Nineteen studies with distinct populations provide information on modifiers of treatment outcomes. Data are limited and evidence is insufficient for understanding potential differences in effectiveness of progestogens for prevention of preterm birth based on maternal factors such as gestational age of the prior spontaneous preterm birth, number of prior spontaneous preterm births, gestational age at initiation of the intervention, or a short cervix. No evidence details whether there are differences in adverse effects or safety based on maternal factors. We found no data for women at risk of preterm birth due to prior PPROM, detection of fetal fibronectin, cerclage, or uterine malformations, or for women who conceived with assisted reproductive technologies.
KQ4. Modifiers of Outcomes by Type of Progestogen
Twenty-seven studies with distinct populations evaluated injected 17OHP; among these there were 23 distinct dose/interval combinations. The majority initiated treatment between 16 and 21 weeks. Two retrospective case series (n=156 and n=208) and one retrospective cohort (n=906) compared initiating 17OHP before, versus after, 21 weeks of gestation. Mean gestational age at birth and other outcomes did not differ. The relationship between number of injections and outcome was examined in a single database analysis; more than five injections prolonged gestation, while fewer did not confer benefit. However, this analysis does not take into account gestational age at birth, which is important because women who gave birth at term had greater opportunity to have more injections, leaving interpretation inconclusive. Evidence is insufficient to determine whether there are different maternal and/or fetal outcomes or adverse effects based on dose, frequency or gestational age at initiation or discontinuation of treatment.
Seven studies with four dose/interval combinations evaluated progesterone vaginal gel or suppository; timing of initiation varied. The five studies using suppositories observed a statistically significant prolongation of gestation (total n=189). Two studies of gel (total n=556) did not. No adverse effects were recorded in studies of suppositories, while multiple adverse effects were reported in the two studies that used vaginal gel.
Five studies with five dose/interval combinations and varied timing of initiation evaluated oral micronized progesterone; one study administered 100 mg twice daily and documented prolongation of pregnancy and increase in birthweight. Four studies reported adverse effects; none were linked to dose or frequency of treatment.
Five studies, all conducted before 1980, used other progestogens. These include exogenous progestin and estrogen with and without thyroid hormone, diethylstilbestrol (DES) with natural and synthetic progesterone, 6-alpha-methyl-17-alpha-acetoxy-progesterone, and crystalline progesterone dissolved in vegetable oil. None described gestational age at initiation. Two reported adverse effects (interventions: DES with natural and synthetic progesterone and in utero exposure to exogenous progestin and estrogen) that include feminization of male children, potentially due to combined estrogen and progestin. These studies are noted for completeness, but are not included in the meta-analysis or the strength-of-evidence assessment.
We calculated meta-analysis estimates by using RCTs grouped by progestogen formulation (17OHP, oral, and vaginal) to access the effectiveness of each formulation at preventing preterm birth and neonatal mortality. These included 15 RCTs, 8 of which were for 17OHP, 3 for oral progestogens, and 4 for vaginal progestogens. For neonatal mortality, aggregate estimates indicated no formulation was effective at reducing risk (OR17OHP=1.11, 95% BCI: 0.66, 1.73; OROral=0.68, 95% BCI: 0.04, 2.17; ORVaginal=0.77, 95% BCI: 0.39, 1.27). However, all formulations were effective at reducing the risk of preterm birth (meta-estimates: OR17OHP=0.75, 95% BCI: 0.60, 0.90; OROral=0.56, 95% BCI: 0.36, 0.79; ORVaginal=0.76, 95% BCI: 0.57, 0.98).
Direct comparisons of routes, doses, and timing of initiation have not been investigated in randomized clinical trials of progestogens currently available to prescribe. No studies directly assessed adherence to treatment or evaluated whether varying frequency or dose influenced prolongation of pregnancy. We do not know whether patient preferences, adherence, and outcomes vary across route of administration. In total, the evidence is insufficient for choosing a target window for treatment and for selecting one form or dose of progestogen over another.
KQ5. Modifiers of Outcomes by Cointerventions
Ten studies with distinct populations reported using tocolytic treatments as a cointervention to prevent spontaneous preterm birth, either alone or in combination with another cointervention. Eight studies used other forms of cointerventions for their intervention group, including cortisol, daily nursing surveillance, nurses to administer drugs and be available to answer questions (but not daily), bed rest, cervical cerclage, estrogen, omega-3 fatty acid supplements, and DES. None of these studies provide data that allow determination of the separate and joint effects of the progestogen and the cointervention. We sought stratified analyses (grouped either by the cointervention or the progestogen placebo or control status), models with an interaction term, or models of independent effect from which effect modification could be calculated. However, evidence is insufficient for understanding the role of cointerventions in either amplifying or undermining the potential benefits of progesterone treatment. We could not assess adherence or harms because of small group sizes by combinations of progestogen and cointervention and because of limited reporting of adverse events. No evidence is available to guide choices of cointerventions.
KQ6. Effects of Provider and Health System Factors
Eleven studies with distinct populations assessed care provider knowledge, attitudes, and prescribing practices. Five of those surveyed providers. Among maternal–fetal medicine specialists (MFMS) in the United States, prescribing increased from 38 percent for preterm birth prevention in 2003 to 67 percent in 2005 (p < 0.001). If a prior spontaneous preterm birth is used as the primary criterion for eligibility, use of progestogens beyond this scope is rising, with 20 percent of MFMS reporting use for short cervix or preterm labor symptoms in 2003; 39 percent of MFMS by 2005; and 52 percent of generalist obstetricians in 2007. More than three-quarters of those who prescribe progestogens use weekly injections, with vaginal next most common, and oral rare.
Obstacles reported by those who prescribe progestogens include lack of availability, lack of insurance coverage, lack of FDA approval, and need for greater information about long-term effects. Nonprescribers identified similar barriers, endorsing them in higher proportions. One survey addressed patient demand; 63 percent reported that patients "never request"; 35 percent, "infrequently request"; and 2 percent, "frequently request" progestogens.
Two studies outside the United States found little use of progestogens—2 percent in Australia/New Zealand and 7 percent in Canada. Seventy-one percent of Canadian obstetricians cited "evidence not convincing" as the primary reason they do not prescribe. Both Canadian and Australian/New Zealand obstetricians expressed willingness to participate in large-scale trials (84 and 65% respectively), indicating alignment of the perceived weakness of evidence with willingness to pursue additional data.
Among the six observational studies with data about use of progestogens, 40 to 52 percent of women eligible for treatment with progestogens do not receive treatment. Fifty-six percent of prescribing (at a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 17OHP study site) was for vaginal suppositories, 25.5 percent for injections, and 18.6 percent unknown. Factors associated with use may be context specific; however, older maternal age, private insurance, earlier prior preterm birth, and earlier enrollment in prenatal care predict treatment in some settings. Categorization of indications in the largest database study found 79.5 percent had a prior preterm birth and 63.6 percent met eligibility criteria. Multiple gestations contributed 8 percent of "nonstandard use," with current preterm labor treatment contributing 44.8 percent, and cerclage, 23.2 percent.
Current evidence is insufficient about provider, patient, or health system factors that determine prescribing. No published studies have examined interventions to change uptake or use patterns.
We used inclusion criteria intended to identify studies applicable to women receiving prenatal care in the United States, including research from settings with comparably advanced prenatal and neonatal care. Although the literature includes a high proportion of RCTs, 28 of 63 study populations (44%), heterogeneity of progestogen formulations, doses, intervals, outcomes reported, and populations recruited present challenges to combining results to develop more informative estimates of effectiveness of treatment. In general, studies have also been too small to provide valid estimates of factors that may modify treatment effects, such as additional maternal risk factors or cointerventions intended to further reduce risk of preterm birth.
Lack of direct comparisons of treatment options further hinders ability to know what findings will best extend to a specific patient or to decisions about care protocols within clinics or health systems. An additional, subtle factor is worthy of consideration in assessing whether and how findings apply to specific care populations: in some studies, observed rates of spontaneous preterm births among those who did not receive intervention exceeded that observed in population-level data about recurrent preterm birth. This discrepancy is not rare in research; an unknown degree and form of bias may result in selection of women who are higher risk than the larger set of women. This implies that observed absolute effects and anticipated improvements in numbers of preterm births may be lower in practice.
Update on Recently Completed Research
Use of progestogens to reduce preterm birth risk has been a rapidly developing area of investigation. After completion of this systematic review, results from a number of trials garnered attention at national meetings. We awaited publication of these reports, completing an additional update of the literature search in October 2011. Our update identified eight additional randomized trials, one for the indication of prior preterm birth, three for preterm labor, two for twin gestations, one for PPROM, and one for short cervix. Two of these trials demonstrated effectiveness for reducing risk of preterm birth. However, in the context of the larger literature, overall strength of evidence for the full report is not fundamentally modified by this update of studies. The full report includes details.
Summary Strength of Evidence and Findings
Progestogen treatment reduces risk of preterm birth in singleton pregnancies in women with prior preterm birth. Use of progestogens for this indication is based on evidence of moderate strength, based on small numbers of trials of varied progestogens. The largest trial, which used vaginal gel, found no evidence of effectiveness. Two RCTs report effectiveness in reducing preterm birth among women with short cervical length. Moderately strong evidence indicates a lack of effectiveness for multiple gestations. Evidence is insufficient for evaluating all other uses and for understanding factors associated with patient preference and adherence to different routes of progestogens administration. Across indications, data are sparse to evaluate influence on near-term and long-term maternal and infant health outcomes. Overall evidence is insufficient for evaluating whether intervention has the ultimately desired outcome of preventing morbidity and promoting normal childhood development.
The strength of evidence for use of progestogens in singleton pregnancy with prior spontaneous preterm birth is moderate—four randomized trials, the largest of which had inconsistent findings. Two trials among women with short cervical length provide low strength of evidence for effectiveness. Moderate strength of evidence suggests a lack of effectiveness for multiple gestations. Evidence is insufficient for all other uses. Across indications, data are sparse to evaluate influence on near-term outcomes such as neonatal mortality and morbidities. Evidence is insufficient for understanding whether intervention has the ultimately desired outcome of preventing morbidity and promoting normal childhood development.
Many scenarios faced daily by care providers and women at risk of preterm birth and considering progestogen treatment are not backed up by consistent, high-quality evidence. Use is extending into groups for whom clear evidence of benefit is lacking. Pressure to intervene is amplified by the fact that no other prevention strategies are available. Lack of large-scale, systematic evidence about potential risks of treatment is concerning to providers and their concern is supported by the absence of high-quality followup data. Ultimately, providing data to support choice of an optimal form of progestogen, to determine whether long-term outcomes are improved, and to rule out longer term risks will require large-scale comparative effectiveness and surveillance research.
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- Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, et al. Births: final data for 2005. Natl Vital Stat Rep. 2007 Dec 5;56(6):1-103. PMID 18277471.
- Hamilton BE, Martin JA, Ventura SJ. Births: Preliminary data for 2007. National vital statistics reports, Web release. Released March 18, 2009 Released March 18, 2009;57(12).
- Bailit JL, Votruba ME. Medical cost savings associated with 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Mar;196(3):219 e1-7. PMID 17346527.
- Simhan HN, Caritis SN. Prevention of preterm delivery. N Engl J Med. 2007 Aug 2;357(5):477-87. PMID 17671256.
- O'Brien JM, Adair CD, Lewis DF, et al. Progesterone vaginal gel for the reduction of recurrent preterm birth: primary results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Oct;30(5):687-96. PMID 17899572.
- Borna S, Sahabi N. Progesterone for maintenance tocolytic therapy after threatened preterm labour: a randomised controlled trial. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2008 Feb;48(1):58-63. PMID 18275573.
- Facchinetti F, Paganelli S, Comitini G, et al. Cervical length changes during preterm cervical ripening: effects of 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 May;196(5):453 e1-4; discussion 21. PMID 17466698.
- Noblot G, Audra P, Dargent D, et al. The use of micronized progesterone in the treatment of menace of preterm delivery. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1991 Jul 25;40(3):203-9. PMID 1879595.
- Fonseca EB, Celik E, Parra M, et al. Progesterone and the risk of preterm birth among women with a short cervix. N Engl J Med. 2007 Aug 2;357(5):462-9. PMID 17671254.
- Kauppila A, Hartikainen-Sorri AL, Janne O, et al. Suppression of threatened premature labor by administration of cortisol and 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate: a comparison with ritodrine. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1980 Oct 15;138(4):404-8. PMID 7424996.
- Briery CM, Veillon EW, Klauser CK, et al. Progesterone does not prevent preterm births in women with twins. South Med J. 2009 Sep;102(9):900-4. PMID 19668021.
Full Report
This executive summary is part of the following document: Likis FE, Andrews JC, Woodworth AL, Velez Edwards DR, Jerome RN, Fonnesbeck CJ, McKoy JN, Hartmann KE. Progestogens for Prevention of Preterm Birth. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 74. (Prepared by the Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10065-I.) AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC105-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. September 2012. www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.
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After a highly successful event in Glasgow earlier this year, Live and Unsigned 2012 auditions will be judged at The Royal Concert Hall on 18 February 2012.
The biggest competition of its kind with more than 10,000 acts entering last year across the UK, it offers a real chance of stardom to aspiring bands and acts of all kinds. See their promo on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JqoQh0K1f8
Regional winners have the chance to play at The O2 in London and there are £100,000 worth of prizes waiting for unsigned musicians. Main prize is £10,000 cash for the winning act to spend on their development. Plus they will be offered festival slots at home and abroad.
Whether it is pop, RnB, punk, Indie, Alternative, rock or acoustic, the competition gives a chance to all. And gives extensive coverage on MUZU TV and YouTube.
All acts in the competition are auditioned live which is what makes Live and Unsigned unique. There are no demos or submissions. Judges in 2012 include Radio 1 DJs Annie Nightingale, Tom Deacon and Daniel P Carter, Kerrang's Alex Baker and Happy Monday's star Bez.
Last year's winners The Trinity Band from Derby have been living the dream since being crowned the best unsigned band in the UK. They've gigged in Canada and played at some of the UK's biggest festivals supporting the likes of Chase and Status, Example and Chipmunk. They're now working on a single in the studio with DaVinChe who's produced for some of the biggest names in the industry. Acts on the bill last year included Tinchy Styder, Zane Lowe, Roll Deep and The Hoosiers.
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| Even though she's been compared to tween queens like Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus, Carly Rae Jepsen, the Canadian cutie behind "Call Me Maybe" is actually 27 years old! Her youthful wardrobe and teen-friendly pop tunes make it hard to believe that she's almost a decade older than Justin Bieber, who's credited for discovering her on YouTube.
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Donald Trump predicted that with him sitting out Thursday night's Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa, Fox News would see its ratings plummet. Stephen Colbert, after mocking Trump's decision to skip the debate because he doesn't like moderator Megyn Kelly — "after all, why would he want to practice going head-to-head against a strong blonde woman?" — basically agreed with Trump's assessment of the debate audience.
"With zero Trump in tonight's debate, there are now 24 million viewers up for grabs, and I am grabbing them," Colbert said on Thursday's Late Show. "If Fox News has no Trump, then I am all Trump." And so he hosted his own "top tremendous all-you-can-Trump luxury presidential debate," featuring just one candidate. "Tonight, the leading Republican faces off against arguably his greatest opponent: himself," Colbert said, introducing Donald and Mr. Trump. "You know the rules: You say the first thing that comes into your mind, and no matter what it is, your poll numbers go up."
The debate consisted of Trump saying one thing on TV, then contradicting himself in another clip — sort of like the treatment Kelly gave Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz in the real Fox News debate. There are some pretty big stinkers in there, but Colbert ended on a gracious note: "I want to thank Donald Trump for being just as divided as this country is." Watch below. Peter Weber
Foreign fighters are leaving the Islamic State in droves, with many surrendering to or being caught by Turkish border police over the last few weeks, The Guardian reports.
People who sympathized with the terror group are also fleeing, as ISIS loses ground in its stronghold of Raqqa, Syria. Last week, Kary Paul Kleman, a 46-year-old from Florida, and Stefan Aristidou of London surrendered at the Kilis crossing, accompanied by Aristidou's British wife, Kleman's Syrian wife, and two Egyptian women whose husbands were killed in battle, The Guardian reports. Aristidou claimed he traveled to Syria two years ago not to fight but to live, later admitting he was in Raqqa. Kleman's mother said after he got a divorce, he converted to Islam and moved to Egypt in 2011. He married and divorced an Egyptian woman, then moved to Dubai and married a Syrian woman. His family said he went to Syria in 2015 to help with humanitarian efforts.
The United States estimates that up to 30,000 foreign fighters have likely crossed into Syria to fight with ISIS, and as many as 25,000 have been killed. Turkish and European officials have said their embassies are being contacted by ISIS fighters who have joined in recent years and are asking to return home, The Guardian reports. While many foreigners are ready to leave ISIS, there are others more committed than ever; western intelligence officials believe that at least 250 ISIS fighters over the last two years have been smuggled over the Turkish border and are now in Europe. Catherine Garcia
On Wednesday, senators were briefed at the White House by top national security advisers on the situation in North Korea, but several said they left the meeting without hearing any solid details on how the U.S. will deal with the country as it remains intent on building a nuclear arsenal.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) asked for the briefing, which was delivered by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary James Mattis, National Intelligence Director Daniel Coats, and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In a statement, Tillerson, Mattis, and Coats said the goal of the United States is to "convince the regime to de-escalate and return to a path of dialogue" toward peace. The U.S. does remain "open to negotiations," the statement read, but is "prepared to defend ourselves and our allies."
Several senators told The Washington Post that during the briefing, they did not learn much about how the U.S. will deal with North Korea and its provocations. "There was very little, if anything, new," Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said. "I remain mystified about why the entire Senate had to be taken over to the White House rather than conducting it here." A Republican senator told the Post the "basic gist of it at the beginning was that we're going to get more aggressive, we've waited and they've continued to be bad actors." The senators wanted to know what "we should be looking for as the trigger that something is about to happen and that we'd end up taking some kind of action. That's where things got a little elliptical."
Earlier in the day, Admiral Harry Harris, the top U.S. commander in the Pacific, told Congress the U.S. needs to take threats from North Korea very seriously, and should strengthen missile defenses in key areas like Hawaii. Catherine Garcia
In an interview with the Washington Examiner on Wednesday, President Trump revealed he's "absolutely" thought about breaking up the 9th Circuit Court. That's the same court that was singled out in a White House statement Tuesday after U.S. District Judge William Orrick ruled to temporarily block Trump's executive order that threatens to cut off federal funding for sanctuary cities.
Though Orrick does not sit on the 9th Circuit Court, the White House pummeled that court all the same after Orrick's ruling. "First the 9th Circuit Court rules against the ban," Trump wrote on Twitter, "and now it hits again on sanctuary cities — both ridiculous rulings." He also vowed to see the 9th Circuit Court "in the Supreme Court!"
Judges who are on the 9th Circuit Court have blocked both versions of Trump's immigration executive order. Orrick sits on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, whose appealed cases go to the 9th Circuit Court, but does not sit on that court himself.
Trump on Wednesday told the Washington Examiner that "there are many people that want to break up the 9th Circuit." "It's outrageous," Trump said. "Everybody immediately runs to the 9th Circuit," he went on. "And we have a big country. We have lots of other locations. But they immediately run to the 9th Circuit. Because they know that's like, semi-automatic." Becca Stanek
President Trump's proposal to slash taxes for businesses and families could cost the nation $5.5 trillion, the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget revealed Wednesday. Trump's tax proposal, which he unveiled Wednesday, includes plans to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent and to whittle the seven existing tax brackets down to three rates of 10, 25, and 35 percent.
While Trump may bill his plan as family-friendly, the CRFB noted in its fiscal tax check that it could "drive up the federal debt, harming economic growth instead of boosting it" if "adequate offsets" aren't put in place. "With interest costs, a $5.5 trillion tax plan would be enough to increase debt to 111 percent of Gross Domestic Product (compared to 89 percent of GDP in CBO's baseline) by 2027," the CRFB wrote. "That would be higher than any time in U.S. history, and no achievable amount of economic growth could finance it."
Read the full report here. Becca Stanek
Researchers may have been off by nearly 115,000 years when they estimated that humans arrived in North America about 15,000 years ago. The potential miscalculation was uncovered by a collection of mastodon bones, which were discovered during construction work on a California freeway in 1992. After toiling for years to date the bones, researchers announced this week in a paper published in the scientific journal Nature that they'd determined the remains of the adult male mastodon to be about 130,000 years old — and to contain signs of human activity.
The finding is likely to be controversial. Already, Smithsonian Magazine noted, the question of when humans arrived in North America is "a flashpoint among archaeologists." There is no other evidence to indicate humans arrived tens of thousands of years earlier than has been suggested, but paleontologist Thomas Deméré, one of the study's authors, said they have the evidence to back up the claim. "I realize that 130,000 years is a really old date," Deméré said. "Of course, extraordinary claims like this require extraordinary evidence."
The mastodon bones that were uncovered bear "impact marks suggesting that they had been smacked with a hard object," Smithsonian Magazine reported. Researchers also discovered five massive stones at the site, which they believe humans may have used as hammers or anvils. The stones "showed signs of impact," Smithsonian Magazine said, and the bones were found piled up right around these stones.
"[W]e can eliminate all of the natural processes that break bones like this," said Steven Holen, another study co-author. "These bones were not broken by carnivore-chewing, they were not broken by other animals trampling on the bone." Becca Stanek
It seems tennis star Serena Williams' accuracy is better on the court than on Snapchat. A week after surprising the world with the news that she's pregnant, Williams admitted during an interview Tuesday at the 2017 Ted Talks Conference that she didn't actually mean to send out that selfie of her growing baby bump. The photo of a swimsuit-clad Williams, with the simple caption "20 weeks," almost immediately made headlines.
"I was on vacation just taking some time for myself and I have this thing where I've been checking my status and taking pictures every week to see how far along I'm going," Williams said. She said she hadn't told "a lot of people to be quite honest" because she was "saving" the news.
"You know how social media is, you press the wrong button and ... ," Williams said. When she checked her phone 30 minutes later, she was surprised to see several missed calls. "But it was a good moment," she said. "I was going to wait, literally, just five or six more days [to share the announcement]."
Williams said she found out she was pregnant just two days before the Australian Open, where she bested sister Venus Williams to claim her 23rd Grand Slam singles title.
Watch Williams get candid about her pregnancy reveal below. Becca Stanek
After a long back-and-forth with the University of California, Berkeley, over her slated April 27 speech, conservative commentator Ann Coulter gave her final answer on Wednesday, a day before she was originally scheduled to speak. "There will be no speech," Coulter wrote in an email to Reuters.
The hubbub over Coulter's speech started last week, when Berkeley announced it was cancelling the event because of security concerns amid threats of protest. The school had been forced in February to cancel alt-right media figure Milo Yiannopoulos' appearance after violent protests erupted hours before it was scheduled to begin. Despite the uncertainty, Coulter had maintained that, nevertheless, she would persist and give her critical speech about pro-immigration policies.
Coulter's insistence that she would go ahead and speak prompted Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks to reconsider. The school later re-invited Coulter to speak, though at a more "appropriate, protectable venue" and on a later date.
But Coulter put the kibosh on giving a Berkeley speech at all Wednesday, which she declared a "sad day for free speech." Coulter credited her decision to the fact that Young America's Foundation, one of two groups helping Coulter in her legal battle to speak at Berkeley, had decided to step down due to concerns about risking "the safety of its staff or students."
"I looked over my shoulder and my allies had joined the other team," Coulter told Reuters. She also noted to The New York Times that it seemed as though "everyone who should believe in free speech fought against it or ran away." Becca Stanek


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Markets in Europe and Asia are following U.S. stocks lower Thursday. The theme is the same as Wednesday: Surprise at Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's suggestion of relatively speedy interest-rate increases.
Germany's DAX index is off 0.8%, France's CAC 40 is losing 0.9% and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 has shed 1.1%. China's Shanghai Composite lost 1.4%. Japan's Nikkei fell 1.7%. Here in the U.S., Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK), WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF (DXJ) and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) point lower in premarket trading.
Michael Block of Rhino Trading argues in a morning client email that traders have it all wrong -- that Yellen simply goofed on Wednesday:
So has Yellen become more hawkish, or did she slip up? Evidence points to the latter. The whole move away from the 6.5% unemployment rate threshold to the basket of qualitative factors is very dovish. Inherent in this move is a huge fudge factor to avoid making tough decisions. If everything was hard and fast, the Fed would be hiking rates as soon as U3 hit 6.5%. But instead of having to do that, they are discarding that threshold. Murkiness is the doves' friend. Which makes me think this six months' comment was a huge slip. Why would Yellen paint herself into a corner? This was an accident. Some are pointing to the Fed's more optimistic forecasts as hawkish. In and of themselves, they are. But we have seen those ignored before and they will be again.
At least twice during the press conference, Yellen exhorted listeners to pay more attention to the actual FOMC statement instead of the forecasts and her comments. If that's really true, maybe she shouldn't have these press conferences at all. The public speaking is supposed to clarify Fed policy, not contradict it. Which one is it? I do suspect that at some point soon, some press leak and/or Fed speak will clarify that six months is a moving target and that we should try to forget that Yellen ever said it.


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I believe that this last census count showed that Hispanics outnumbered ( or equaled ) the Native Americans in Oklahoma now. Interesting numbers all in all.
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and I only see " The Census must count every person living in the United States on April 1, 2010. "
I don't see anything about a question 11. Is/Are Person(s) 1-12 living in the United States legally?
That could have an effect on "(making) the state competitive for Democrats in future years" couldn't it?
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By John Pancake
With a plague sweeping through North Americas bats, biologists at more than 40 national wildlife refuges in the Southeast have been cruising back roads and forest trails to map bat populations and assess the maladys impact.
Bats arent easy to study. They emerge at night. Even if you are lucky enough to glimpse them silhouetted against the night sky, theyre tough to identify. And their chitterchatter is too high for the human ear to hear.
How can you count animals you cant hear and can barely see? David Richardson says the key is a bat detector called an Anabat SD2 that records the ultrahigh frequency clicks and squeaks that bats use to navigate.
Richardson is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service terrestrial ecologist in Grenada, MS. He is the field coordinator for the mobile acoustical bat monitoring project, which is being managed by the National Wildlife Refuge Systems Southeast Region Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Network.
The project involves biologists mounting an Anabat, a box not much bigger than a paperback, on a vehicle roof before starting a 10 to 30mile census run. As the Anabat records, a synchronized global positioning system (GPS) plots the location of every call. After downloading the digital recordings into a computer, special software programs make it possible to count and, in most cases, identify the bat species.
Janet Ertel, deputy chief of the Southeast Region I&M Network, says this longterm monitoring effort has two goals. One is to discover what bats are out there using refuge habitat.
The second is to track the impact of deadly whitenose syndrome as it moves into the Southeast. The fungal infection, which typically appears as white fuzz on the face and wings of bats, spread to the United States from Europe. It was found first in New York in 2006, but it has proliferated rapidly since, killing more than 5.7 million North American bats. Experts consider it one of the most devastating threats to wildlife in eastern North America. In the Southeast, biologists are especially concerned about the gray, Indiana, smallfooted, little brown, Northern longeared, hoary, silverhaired and Eastern red bats as well as the Eastern pipistrelle.
The disease has crept as far south as Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge, in northern Alabama, and as far west as northwest Arkansas. The fungus weakens bats and travels quickly through communal winter roosts. Some species, Richardson says, are in danger of becoming regionally extinct. So far, theres no cure.
The picture is just coming into focus, according to Richardson and Nick Wirwa, a wildlife biologist who surveys bats at St. Catherine Creek, Cat Island and Bayou Cocodrie Refuges in Mississippi and Louisiana. Preliminary data show that some forests have a lot more bats than others.
For example, surveys near Fern Cave Refuge detected a dozen bats per mile, while those at other refuges found only two or three per mile. And bats appear to prefer forest edges and openings. The surveys done in the first half of summer also detected more bats in July than in June, probably because young of the year are on the wing.
Mobile acoustical bat monitoring project researchers hope theyll end up with a clearer picture of how landscapelevel factors such as habitat change, forest condition, climate change, wind farms and agriculture affect bats. They are also gaining a better understanding of bats on each refuge.
Ertel, who spent years studying bears, notes that bats are important predators, too. They may be small, she says, but theyre a critical piece of our web of life.
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A Prentiss County man is facing charges in connection with a shooting last Friday in Lee County.
Michael Joe Martin, 45, is facing charges of aggravated assault (use of a deadly weapon), shooting into a occupied dwelling (two counts) and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. The suspect has a prior conviction for aggravate assault with a weapon.
Authorities were dispatched to Highway 370 where they found a white female had been shot with a high powered rifle. The victim was then transported by Air Ambulance to the North Mississippi Medical Center where she remains in critical condition.
According to a press release: "Shortly after midnight on September 28, 2012 Lee County and Prentiss County deputies found the suspect, Michael Joe Martin, at a residence in Prentiss County. Mr. Martin was taken into custody and transported to Lee County Sheriff Department. The vehicle and the suspected weapon used during the incident were also found at the residence where Mr. Martin was arrested."
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That's my boy "Blue"!!!! Flyin High in the Passenger Side x Katie May of Belgrade
Thanks for coming back Wayne.Keep doin what You do cause we all appreciate it more then You know!
Mr. Wayne, Have enjoyed all of your posts/videos, and am glad to see you back. keep'em comin'.
welcome back, Wayne. "Illigetimus noncarbarundum" or however you spell it. I'm old, but not old enough to be fluent in Latin. Bill
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I knew if I kept turning the antenna I could tune him back in.
Welcome back.
I have learned I need these dogs much more than they need me. Tim Bockmon
Glad you are back. Keep up the good work & you & Rowdy will have lots of FUN! At our age that is what it is all about.
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Welcome back Wayne!!
Nice Video!! Dog looks great!!
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