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View OBGYN.net's coverage of the 11th
World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility from Shanghai, China. Watch an interview with Dr Skip Granai on HPV Testing and Vaccination, view his presentation on Pap
Smear technology and guidelines, and view Professor Zion Ben Rafael's invitation
to this year's COGI conference in Paris.
Join OBGYN.net for coverage of the 36th
Annual AAGL Congress from Washington D.C. We hope you will take a few minutes to stop by and check out the great interviews on hot topics in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery with some of the top ob/gyn surgeons in the world.
Announcements
The OBGYN.net Women's Health Forum re-opens! The place
for women to come and ask questions about their gynecological health and get
answers from caring medical professionals as well as their fellow women: http://forums.obgyn.net/womens-health/.
OBGYN.net Hysterectomy Resource Center is available to help
answer your hysterectomy questions. Find out which hysterectomy option is right for you. Watch the movie "Know Your Hysterectomy Options" and hear Dawn's story.
Visit our newly updated
Breast Care section!
For Women and Patients Suffering from Fibroids: The OBGYN.net Fibroid Resource Center is the only place online where you can get interactive opinions and guidance from a team of the worlds leading fibroid physicians who discuss various therapeutic options including surgery, laparoscopy, pharmaceutical and watchful waiting. In partnership with Hope For Fibroids this vast network provides a wealth of educational guidance to help you understand your personal treatment options.
The Endometriosis Quilt stands as a testament of the need for proper education to assist in a timely diagnosis of this life-altering and crippling disease of women.
Add your name and
story. The quilt currently represents 58,750 years of suffering among 8,328 women before their
endometriosis diagnoses.
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Are you interested in participating in a
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now conducted through Internet?
Articles
Australian Academic Press &
Twin Research and Human Genetics
Vol. 10,
No. 5, October 2007
Article in PFD format
Maternal Risk Factors for Potential Maltreatment Deaths Among
Healthy Singleton and Twin Infants - Barbara Luke and Morton B.
Brown
Minilaparoscopy-Assisted Natural Orifice Surgery - D. A.
Tsin, L. T. Colombero, J. Lambeck, & P. Manolas
Role of Laparoscopic Tubal Recanalisation in Modern Era of
ART - S. Patel, Y. Jhala & R. Patel
Measuring Perinatal Complications: Methodologic Issues
Related to Gestational Age - A. B. Caughey
Longer Pregnancy and Slower Fetal development in women with Latent
"Asymptomatic" Toxoplasmosis - S. Kankova & J. Flegr |
Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Give Hope for Early Diagnosis and Treatment -
Jennifer Wider, M.D.
Submit your own article or paper to Barbara Nesbitt OBGYN.net
Editor.
Interviews
From the 38th Annual Meeting of Society
Gynecologic Oncology:
Roberta Speyer,
President of OBGYN.net & Carolyn D. Runowicz, MD
discuss her new book "The Answer to Cancer"
Interested in reading Dr. Runowicsz's book,
The Answer to Cancer
?
From the AAGL 35th Annual Meeting:
Establish an interagency task force to develop a National
strategy to combat the increase infertility In the United States
[HR 5284 IH] - a speech by Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.,
Democrat from 6th District, New Jersey
Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2005
[H.R.3034.IH] - a speech by Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones,
Democrat - 11th District - Ohio
Visit our collection of interviews. OBGYN.net attends medical conferences and congresses around the world discussing the latest in women's health with international experts in the field.
News
Cancer Risk Persists in Women Who Stop Hormone Therapy
Experimental
anti-HIV gel is safe for women to use on a daily basis
Brain
differences between women and men
CDC to Release New Data on Sexually Transmitted Diseases Diagnoses
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releases it's
2006 Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance report, which includes the
latest national trends in reporting of three nationally-notifiable STDs
chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. The report shows increases in reported cases
of all three of these STDs from 2005 to 2006, underscoring the need for
continued vigilance in prevention, screening, and treatment efforts.
ACNM News
ACNM Forms Presidential Task Force on Health Care Reform - in pdf format
Nurses Key When it Comes to Disseminating Health Information to Consumers
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