Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond: a newly updated interactive...
www.smokingcessationandpregnancy.org is a newly updated interactive multimedia program based on the “Virtual Practicum” model for clinicians of women who are pregnant or in their reproductive years.
View ArticleFDA directs urogynecologic mesh companies to study safety and effectiveness;...
On January 4, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new action requiring manufacturers of urogynecologic surgical mesh devices to complete postmarket surveillance studies to...
View ArticleThe American Board of Obesity Medicine is offering certification in Obesity...
The newly established American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) is offering certification in the subspecialty of Obesity Medicine. ACOG Fellows which meet certain requirements could be eligible for...
View ArticleGlenmark Generics issues recall of triphasic norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol...
Glenmark Generics issues recall of triphasic norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol birth control pill.
View ArticleACOG Helps Defeat the Blunt Amendment.
In a 51 - 48 vote, the Senate killed an amendment by Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) that would have allowed employers and insurers to opt out of any health care services required under the Affordable Care...
View ArticleNew Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive...
Today, new recommendations for cervical cancer screening are being released by two separate groups: the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and a multidisciplinary partnership among the...
View ArticleDHHS Office of Women's Health offers heart disease CME and slide sets for...
DHHS Office of Women's Health offers heart disease CME and slide sets for ob-gyns.
View ArticleThe National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality is recruiting...
Breastfeeding is one of the most effective preventive health measures for infants and mothers. The National Initiative for Childrens Healthcare Quality (NICHQ), with support from the Centers for...
View ArticleFDA Drug Safety Communication: Updated information about the risk of blood...
This update is in follow-up to the FDA Drug Safety Communication posted on 9/26/11: Safety review update on the possible increased risk of blood clots with birth control pills containing drospirenone.
View ArticleReproductive Health Care for Adolescents With Disabilities, a supplement to...
Reproductive Health Care for Adolescents With Disabilities, a supplement to Guidelines for Adolescent Health Care, Second Edition, is now available.
View ArticleAmerican Heart Association issues statement on sexual activity and...
Sexual activity is an important component of patient and partner quality of life for men and women with cardiovascular disease (CVD), including many elderly patients.
View ArticleUSPSTF draft recommendation on Screening for Ovarian Cancer now available for...
In an effort to make the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations clearer and its processes more transparent, the Task Force started posting draft Recommendation Statements online...
View ArticleACOG's new video, "Healing Our Own: Adverse Events in Obstetrics and...
ACOG's new video, "Healing Our Own: Adverse Events in Obstetrics and Gynecology" is now available for viewing online. Additional support resources can also be found on this page.
View ArticlePfizer announces recall of 28 lots of Lo-Ovral/28 and generic version.
Pfizer announces recall of 28 lots of Lo-Ovral/28 and generic version.
View ArticleACOG Fellows Edward Zabrek, MD and Brian A. Levine, MD, MS have made their...
ACOG Fellows Edward Zabrek, MD, the medical editor of iPhone Life Magazine, and Brian A. Levine, MD, MS, ACOG District II JFCAC member, have made their ACOG Computer Lab presentations from the 60th...
View ArticleSandoz announces recall of Introvale (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol)...
Sandoz notified the public that it issued a voluntary recall of 10 lots of its generic oral contraceptive Introvale in the US, following a recent report of a packaging flaw.
View ArticleNational officers are elected for May 2012 - May 2013.
Today, The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) announced the election of Jeanne A. Conry, MD, PhD, of California, as President Elect; Scott D. Hayworth, MD, of New York, as...
View ArticleCMCS comments on the FDA's Updated Statement on Compounded Versions of...
FDA (or the Agency) approved Makena (hydroxyprogesterone caproate) in February 2011 for the reduction of the risk of certain preterm births in women who have had at least one prior preterm birth....
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