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Ob-Gyns Urged to Help Reduce Health Disparities for Rural Women

Washington, DC -- Lack of access to adequate women's health care puts rural women in the US at a greatly increased risk of poor health outcomes compared with women in urban areas. The physician short...

February 2009

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ACOG Launches New Menopause Website

Washington, DC -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has launched a new website devoted to women who are approaching or going through menopause to provide them with the ne...

June 2009

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ACOG Applauds Passage of Mikulski Amendment Guaranteeing Coverage of Women's Preventive Health Care

Washington, DC -- Gerald F. Joseph, Jr, MD, president of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), applauds today's Senate passage of the Mikulski Women's Health Amendment to HR...

December 2009

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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 ...

March 2010

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ACOG Welcomes New Federal Regulations Requiring Free Preventive Health Care Services

Washington, DC -- The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) supports the federal regulations issued on July 14 requiring new private health plans to provide free preventive heal...

July 2010

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Family Health History is Important Screening Tool

Washington, DC -- All women should have a family health history on file and it should be reviewed and updated regularly, according to The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The Coll...

February 2011

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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...

March 2011

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Well Woman and Prenatal Visits Should Include Alcohol Abuse Screening

Washington, DC -- Women should be screened for alcohol use at least yearly and within the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a new Committee Opinion released today by The American College of ...

July 2011

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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...

July 2012

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