Associate Editor for Contemporary OB/GYN. You can reach her a lcarr@mjhlifesciences.com.
Building and sustaining a gender-affirming medical care environment
June 4th 2021Angie DeRosa, Senior Editor at Contemporary OB/GYN®, interviewed Michael Krychman, MD, about the importance of creating an affirming environment in medical facilities for the LGBTQ+ community. He is the executive director of the Southern California Center for Sexual Health and Survivorship in Newport Beach, Calif.
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NIH Study to Improve Gestational Diabetes Screening and Diagnosis
June 2nd 2021“GO MOMs will set the foundation for determining future approaches to the screening, diagnosis, and eventually, the treatment of elevated blood glucose during pregnancy,” said NIDDK program director Barbara Linder, MD, PHD, the project scientist for the study.
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Maintaining health and wellbeing in residency and beyond
May 18th 2021Laura E. Riley, MD gives advice to residents, and practitioners just beginning their careers, on maintaining a healthy lifestyle while balancing the demands of the workplace. She is joined by Contemporary OB/GYN®’s Associate Editor, Lindsey Carr.
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Addressing Uterine Fibroids with Patient-Physician Collaboration
May 14th 2021Senior editor Angie DeRosa interviewed Sateria Venable, Founder & CEO of the Fibroid Foundation, and Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, a professor of ob/gyn at the University of Chicago Medical Center, about patient-physician collaboration when it comes to addressing uterine fibroids.
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Physician-patient collaboration for uterine fibroid treatment options
May 12th 2021Contemporary OB/GYN®’s senior editor Angie DeRosa sat down with Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, and Sateria Venable of The Fibroid Foundation, to discuss the role of patient-physician collaboration in uterine fibroid treatment and management options.
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The truth about mobile health apps and remote monitoring from ACOG 2021
May 2nd 2021During the 2021 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, 3 experts—Kathryn Marko, MD, NCMP; Katherine T. Chen, MD, MPH; and Tamika Auguste, MD—led presentations on different types of mobile health apps and remote monitoring, as well as the role they play in patient care.
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ACOG’s COVID-19 Task Force Updates
May 1st 2021A session held virtually at the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s (ACOG) Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, which started on April 30, reviewed updates from its COVID-19 task force as we continue to witness the vaccine rollout.
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ACOG President Eva Chalas kicks off Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting
April 30th 2021Eva Chalas, MD, kicked off the Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting as ACOG’s 71st president. Her keynote speech focused on her presidential initiative of personalized care. The goal was to provide guidance and tools to assist ob/gyns in enhancing access to comprehensive preventive care.
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ACOG 2021 ACSM presents acute fatty liver of pregnancy
April 30th 2021In a lightning round for the 2021 ACOG Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, David B. Nelson, MD, presented ‘Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy.’ Nelson is Chief of Obstetrics and Maternal Medical Director at Parkland Hospital. He is also Assistant Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
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Researchers find association between obesity and HMB
April 19th 2021“Researching how obesity impacts menstrual blood loss is important to improve the ways we prevent and treat the debilitating symptom of heavy menstrual bleeding,” said Jacqueline Maybin, MBChB, PhD, senior research fellow and honorary consultant gynecologist at the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh.
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