Re: Pregnancy Problems Tied to Caffeine
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Mon Jan 21 16:20:03 2008
I've always thought Dunkin Donuts makes a better cup of coffee.
Art
At Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Gerald P. Rodriguez wrote:
>
>Short sell Starbucks!
>Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
>Santa Fe
>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dean Huffman ." <dean@thehuffpeople.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net>
>Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 12:29 PM
>Subject: Re: Pregnancy Problems Tied to Caffeine
>
>> .
>>
>> I agree with you.
>>
>> 1) It is really annoying to read an article in a newspaper about a medical
>> journal article and then not be able to find the medical journal article.
>> If
>> the journal releaases an article to a newspaper, they should make it
>> available
>> at the same time (perhaps on their web site) to physicians and, perhaps,
>> the
>> general public.
>>
>> 2) It is not clear what journal this is to be published in. I do not know
>> the
>> "Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology". Did the NY Times mean "Obstetrics
>> &
>> Gynecology", "American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology", "Journal of
>> Obstetrics and Gynaecology", "British Journal of Obstetrics and
>> Gynecology" or
>> what? I have written to the author of the NYT piece, but have not yet
>> heard
>> back. The article is not yet listed in PUBMED, either. It is not on the
>> web
>> site for the Green (Obstetrics & Gynecology), but I have not yet checked
>> the
>> Grey Journal (AJOG).
>>
>> - - - -
>>
>> From: "art fougner, md" <evsono@pipeline.com>
>> Subject: Re: Pregnancy Problems Tied to Caffeine
>> Date: Jan 21, 2008 1:16 PM
>>
>> Dean
>>
>> Supposedly in next month's Grey Journal. One of my pet peeves is the
>> release of
>> articles sure to generate media buzz to the press prior to their release
>> to the
>> physicians who will have to field the phone calls.
>>
>> Art
>>
>> At Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Dean Huffman . wrote:
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>>[NOTE: I have not yet been able to find the original journal article.]
>>>
>>>Pregnancy Problems Tied to Caffeine
>>>
>>>By DENISE GRADY
>>>
>>>Published: January 21, 2008
>>>
>>>Too much caffeine during pregnancy may increase the risk of miscarriage, a
>>>new
>>>study says, and the authors suggest that pregnant women may want to reduce
>>>their intake or cut it out entirely.
>>
>> snip - snip
>>
--
art fougner, md
"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
