by Managing Contraception | Apr 19, 2016 | Dr. Bob Hatcher
2/1/2016 A. Nyuyen, MD Mentor: Gavin Jacobson, MD Editor: Paul Hillard, MD. Approved 11/3/15 Combined hormonal contraceptives (CHC) including combined oral contraceptives (COC) inhibit ovulation through hypothalamic-pituitary inhibition of gonadotropin secretion....
by Managing Contraception | Apr 14, 2016 | Dr. Bob Hatcher
Colorectal Cancers are Falling Bob Hatcher April 9, 2016          In 2016 about 134,000 people in the United States will be found to have colorectal cancer and 49,000 will die from this type of cancer.           Adenomas of the colon are...
by Managing Contraception | Aug 12, 2015 | Dr. Bob Hatcher
Everyone loves the picture I posted of you Bob Hatcher August 10, 2015 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â On August 5th as I drove into Atlanta from Tiger, I read an over-the-highway notice telling me that on the highways of Georgia thus far this year the number of traffic deaths is...
by Managing Contraception | Jun 11, 2015 | Dr. Bob Hatcher
Death with dignity Bob Hatcher June 1, 2015, June 26, 2015 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Physicians have been helping people to die with dignity by acts of omission or commission for centuries. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â This week’s New England Journal of Medicine describes a new...
by Managing Contraception | Jun 1, 2015 | Dr. Bob Hatcher
How did you become an ardent feminist?    A:       This is how I became an ardent feminist. For 15 years I have given lectures to different classes of students from Georgia Tech (several a year). Each class had 250 to 300 students.          I...
by Managing Contraception | May 28, 2015 | Dr. Bob Hatcher
We live in the Bible Belt and many here in Georgia try to keep up a regular dialogue with Jesus. Throughout the day the conversation continues: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â “Thank you Lord, I’m awake, I made it through the night. Help me today to make Christ-like...
by Managing Contraception | May 14, 2015 | Contraception
Q:       I am a clinician and my patient today asked a question regarding her 11 year-old developmentally delayed daughter. She has decision making skills at a 4 or 5 year level and is very interested in boys. The mother wants to place her on birth control...
by Managing Contraception | Apr 26, 2015 | Contraception
Q:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Good afternoon! I am a 23 year old female in graduate school who has recently entered into a monogamous, sexually active relationship, both of us negative for STDs/STIs. In the past, I never had sex enough to feel I needed to utilize birth control...
by Managing Contraception | Apr 24, 2015 | Injections/Implants
Q:        We are trying to update our guidelines for DMPA injections. For an initial start, if a woman has her normal menstrual period, do we still need to do a pregnancy test before administering the Depo injection? Thank you! A:     If a...
by Managing Contraception | Apr 24, 2015 | Menses
Q        My regular period stopped about 12 days ago and I then started bleeding again. No pain at first, but now after 3 days I am bleeding constantly and cramping. What’s up? I am 36 years old and consider myself very healthy. A:       You...
