News Releases

• May 22, 2013

  Maternal and Child Health Advocates Decry Impact of Proposed Budget Cuts

  Washington, DC -- Five of the nation's leading maternal and child health organizations vehemently oppose the dramatically reduced budget allocation proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 labor, health and education spending bill. The Committee’s decision to shift all of the automatic budget cuts (known as sequestration) to non-defense discretionary programs in FY 2014 would severely jeopardize the health and well-being of women, children and their families.

• May 10, 2013

  Groups Announce Ambitious Maternal Health Initiative

  Washington, DC -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) are pleased to announce the Maternal Health Initiative, a large multi-group collaborative effort aimed at reducing maternal morbidity and mortality in the US by 50% as well as reducing the racial and ethnic maternal health disparities.

• May 8, 2013

  ACOG Elects New Officers

  New Orleans, LA -- Today, The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) announced the election of John C. Jennings, MD, of Texas, as President Elect; Ben H. Cheek, MD, of Georgia, as Secretary; Paul G. Tomich, MD, of Nebraska, as Fellow-at-Large; and Michelle Y. Owens, MD, MS, of Mississippi, as Young Physician-at-Large. They will assume their respective offices on May 9, 2013.

• May 8, 2013

  Growing Acceptance of Removing Fallopian Tubes But Keeping Ovaries to Lower Ovarian Cancer Risk

  New Orleans, LA -- Patients and physicians are showing a growing acceptance of routinely removing the fallopian tubes but preserving the ovaries during hysterectomy, according to new research presented today at the Annual Clinical Meeting of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Removing just the fallopian tubes during hysterectomy may lower the risk of developing the most common type of ovarian cancer, researchers said.

• May 8, 2013

  Transferring Single Prescreened Embryo in IVF Offers Excellent Delivery Rates

  New Orleans, LA -- Transferring a single prescreened chromosomally normal embryo during in vitro fertilization (IVF) offers delivery rates equivalent to the more standard procedure of transferring two unscreened embryos, according to new research presented today at the Annual Clinical Meeting of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. It also results in fewer twins and, thus, healthier obstetric and pediatric outcomes.

More News Releases

• May 8, 2013

  Jeanne A. Conry, MD 64th President of The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

• May 7, 2013

  ‘Hard-Stop’ Policy Against Early Elective Deliveries Improves Outcomes

• May 7, 2013

  Half of Women Unaware that Pregnancy Is More Dangerous Than Contraception

• May 7, 2013

  New Moms Welcome Contraceptive Counseling by Pediatricians at Well-Baby Visit

• May 7, 2013

  Study Finds Adverse Effects of Pitocin in Newborns

• May 7, 2013

  Synthetic Marijuana Mimics Preeclampsia and Eclampsia in Pregnancy