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FAQ176
What is diabetes mellitus?
Diabetes mellitus (also called "diabetes") is caused by a problem with insulin. Insulin moves glucose out of the blood and into the body's cells where it can be turned int...
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December 2011
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San Diego, CA -- Understanding how best to anticipate, diagnose, and treat preeclampsia—a leading cause of maternal and infant illness and death in the US—was the focus of today's opening...
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May 2012
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Washington, DC -- The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) applauds the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the prompt acceptance of the Institute of Medicine's (...
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August 2011
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Washington, DC -- The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) applauds President Barack Obama and Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for their decision to guarantee women in most employe...
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February 2012
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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...
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July 2011
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Washington, DC -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) are pleased to announce the publication of the first collaborative breast...
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January 2006
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Washington, DC -- The recent news story "Can Pregnant Women Drink Alcohol in Moderation?", which aired on ABC's Good Morning America Weekend, has created tremendous confusion among women about the sa...
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February 2008
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Washington, DC -- Preconception and prenatal cystic fibrosis (CF) carrier screening should be made available to all women of reproductive age as a routine part of obstetric care, according to a revis...
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March 2011
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Number 469
(Replaces No. 338, June 2006)
ABSTRACT: Fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited form of mental retardation. The syndrome occurs in approximately 1 in 3,600 males and 1 in 4,000–6,000 females. Approximately 1 in 250 female...
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October 2010
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Number 470
ABSTRACT: Overweight and obesity are epidemic in the United States. Obesity is a risk factor for numerous conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, stroke, heart disease, certai...
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October 2010
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Washington, DC -- Pregnant women with depression face complicated treatment decisions because of the risks associated with both untreated depression and the use of antidepressants. A new report from ...
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August 2009
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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...
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February 2011
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Number 478
ABSTRACT: Family history plays a critical role in assessing the risk of inherited medical conditions and single gene disorders. Several methods have been established to obtain family medical historie...
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March 2011
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FAQ094
What are genes?
Genes control your physical makeup. Genes come in pairs. Half of a fetus's genes come from the mother. The other half comes from the father. Some traits, such as blood type, are deter...
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August 2011
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FAQ056
What is a preconception care checkup?
The goal of this checkup is to find things that could affect your pregnancy. Identifying these factors before pregnancy allows you to take steps that can increa...
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March 2012
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Number 515
ABSTRACT: Sixty percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women live in metropolitan areas. Most are not eligible for health care provided by the federal Indian Health Service (IHS). The IHS partl...
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January 2012
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Number 516
ABSTRACT: Underserved women are those who are unable to obtain quality health care by virtue of barriers created by poverty, cultural differences, race or ethnicity, geography, sexual orientation, ge...
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January 2012
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SP060
La fertilidad
La fertilidad de todas las mujeres disminuye en cierto
grado a partir de los 30 años. Después de ese momento,
es posible que tarde más en quedar embarazada. La
fertilidad d...
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December 2012
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FAQ060
Why is there a concern about having a child later in life?
Becoming pregnant after age 35 years can present a challenge. Also, having a child later in life has certain risks. These risks may affect ...
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December 2012
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Chicago, IL -- "Mothers are the backbones of communities. When they die, children become orphaned, families are fragmented," said Jean Chamberlain Froese, MD, today during the President's Program at ...
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May 2009
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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...
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November 2010
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Washington, DC -- Screening for depression during pregnancy and afterward benefits women, infants, and families, according to a new Committee Opinion issued today by The American College of Obstetric...
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January 2010
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Number 549
(Replaces No. 315, September 2005)
ABSTRACT: In the United States, more than one third of women are obese, more than one half of pregnant women are overweight or obese, and 8% of reproductive-aged women are extremely obese, putting th...
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January 2013
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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...
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February 2009
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Number 442
(Replaces No. 298, August 2004)
ABSTRACT: Certain autosomal recessive disease conditions are more prevalent in individuals of Eastern European Jewish (Ashkenazi) descent. Previously, the American College of Obstetricians and Gyneco...
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October 2009
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