Infeccion del virus del papiloma humano

SP073 ¿Qué es el virus del papiloma humano? El VPH es un virus muy común. Algunos estudios indican que por lo menos tres de cada cuatro personas que tienen relaciones sexuales contraerán la inf...

Top Five Tests and Procedures to Question in Ob-Gyn

1 February 21, 2013 Top Five Tests and Procedures to Question in Ob-Gyn Washington, DC -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College) today released its list of &ldquo...

Human Papillomavirus Infection

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What is human papillomavirus (HPV)? Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus that can be passed from person to person through skin-to-skin contact. More than 100 types of HPV have been found. About 30 ...

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...

Lesbians Have Same Gynecologic Health Needs as Heterosexuals

Washington, DC -- Ob-gyns should provide the same comprehensive gynecologic health care to lesbians and bisexual women as they do to heterosexual women, including Pap tests, according to a new Commit...

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...

Expedited Partner Therapy Recommended to Prevent STI Reinfection

Washington, DC -- Ob-gyns are encouraged to prescribe antibiotics for the male partners of their female patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea to reduce the high reinfection rate, says The Am...

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...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Issues Opinion on Planned Home Births

Washington, DC -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College) issued a Committee Opinion today that says although the absolute risk of planned home births is low, published ...

New Focus on Care for HIV Women as More Live Longer with the Disease

Washington, DC -- As the number of women in the US living with HIV/AIDS increases, ob-gyns will need to address their unique contraception, preconception and prenatal care, and general gynecologic re...

Ob Gyns Recommend HPV Vaccination for Young Girls

Washington, DC -- Girls ages 11 to 12 should receive either of the two FDA-approved vaccines to prevent cervical cancer, ideally before they become sexually active, according to The American College ...

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...

Teen Girls May Need Two Annual Well Child Visits

Washington, DC -- Adolescent girls may need two "well-child" visits each year—a general preventive visit and a dedicated reproductive health visit—and both visits should be covered by ins...

Supports Womens Access to Universal Health Care

Washington, DC -- During Cover the Uninsured Week, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reiterates its position that all women should be guaranteed a package of essential benefits ...

Routine HIV Screening Recommended for All Women, Regardless of Individual Risk Factors

Washington, DC -- Ob-gyns should routinely screen all women between the ages of 19 and 64 for HIV, regardless of their risk factors, according to a Committee Opinion, Routine Human Immunodeficiency V...

Supracervical Hysterectomy Not Superior to Total Hysterectomy

Washington, DC -- Supracervical hysterectomy, a surgical technique that removes the uterus while leaving the cervix intact, does not have clear benefits over total hysterectomy in women with non-canc...

ACOG and ASCCP Issue Joint Opinion on Vulvodynia

Washington, DC -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), along with the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), today issued a new Committee Opinion o...