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...

WEBTREATS: Incarcerated Women

WEBTREATS:  Incarcerated Women American Civil Liberties Union – Prison Conditions This ACLU website has information on prisoners’ rights and prison conditions. There is also info...

WEBTREATS: Disaster Preparedness

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WEBTREATS: Articles for Maintenance of Certification (ABO+G MOC Part 2)

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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...

Skin Cancer Prevention

FS037

What is skin cancer? Your skin is made of cells that are constantly changing. Normal healthy cells eventually grow old and are replaced by new healthy cells. Cancer develops when new cells form tha...

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...

Reprocessed Single-Use Devices

Number 537

ABSTRACT: The reprocessing and reuse of single-use instruments has become increasingly common. Although there are limited data on reprocessed single-use devices, existing studies have found a signifi...

Medical Liability Climate Hurts Patients and Ob-Gyns

Washington, DC -- The medical liability climate continues to force ob-gyns across the US to reduce gynecologic surgeries, drop obstetrics, move their practice out of state, or abandon private practic...

Well-Woman Visit

Number 534

ABSTRACT: The annual health assessment (“annual examination”) is a fundamental part of medical care and is valuable in promoting prevention practices, recognizing risk factors for disease, identifyin...

August 1 Marks Huge Step Forward In Women's Access to Comprehensive Well-Woman Care

Washington, DC -- The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) strongly supports provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which, effective August 1, guarantee women covered by ...

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...

Health Care for Lesbians and Bisexual Women

Number 525

ABSTRACT: Lesbians and bisexual women encounter barriers to health care that include concerns about confidentiality and disclosure, discriminatory attitudes and treatment, limited access to health ca...

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...

WEBTREATS: Menopause

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WEBTREATS: How to find a Women's Health Care Physician on the World Wide Web

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WEBTREATS: Health Care Reform

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WEBTREATS: Financial Assistance and Low-Cost Health Care

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WEBTREATS: Consumer Health

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WEBTREATS: Communication in Health Care

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WEBTREATS: Cultural Competency

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WEBTREATS: Resources for Women with Disabilities

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WEBTREATS: Foreign Language Health Information

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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...