Integrating Immunizations Into Practice

Number 558

ABSTRACT: Given demonstrated vaccine efficacy, safety, and the large potential for prevention of many infectious diseases among adults, newborns, and pregnant women, obstetrician–gynecologists should...

Winter 2013 pause Magazine Now Online

Washington, DC -- The Winter 2013 issue of pause® magazine is now online. Published by The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), pause® covers a range of heal...

Ob-Gyns Recommend Women Wait 3 to 5 Years Between Pap Tests

Washington, DC -- Most women should be screened for cervical cancer no more often than once every three to five years, according to new guidelines issued today by The American College of Obstetrician...

Essential Elements of Annual Well-Woman Visit Issued

Washington, DC -- Although most women no longer need annual Pap tests based on recent cervical cancer screening guidelines, they still need annual well-woman exams with their ob-gyn for other importa...

Chlamydia Screening Rates Too Low, Reinfection Rates Too High

Washington, DC -- Only 38 percent of sexually active young women are screened for chlamydia, according to data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the recent Nation...

Medical Groups Release New Cervical Screening Guidance

Washington, DC -- The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and The American Cancer Society (ACS), The American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), and The American Society fo...

IPV: An Under-Recognized Public Health Epidemic

Washington, DC -- Ob-gyns are uniquely positioned to help women who are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), a significant public health problem in the US, according to recommendations issued ...

ACOG Statement on Institute of Medicine Report Clinical Preventive Services for Women: Closing the Gaps

Washington, DC -- The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) applauds the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for recommending private insurance coverage of key women's preventive health...

Routine Screening Recommendations Released for Annual Well Woman Exam

Washington, DC -- An updated schedule of the recommended routine screenings, lab tests, and immunizations for non-pregnant adolescents and women was released today by The American College of Obstetri...

Exceptions to Pap Screening in Adolescents

Washington, DC -- Most adolescent girls should wait until they turn 21 to have their first Pap test, but those who have HIV and others with weakened immune systems should begin routine cervical cance...