OB/GYN News
Catch up on women’s health news, covering obstetrics and gynecology. This section includes new advancements in reproductive technology, groundbreaking gynecological treatments and innovative products and services for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.
"Insecure" Actress, Christina Elmore, and Trans Advocate, Kayden X Coleman, Featured in Season 2 Launch of Birthright, a Podcast About Joyful Black Birthing Experiences
Highly acclaimed podcast series, Birthright, extends mission to shift “doom and gloom” narrative in Black maternal health by centering joy and sharing positive Black birth stories. - March 11, 2022 - Narrative Nation
Rose Medical Center is Excited to Introduce the Rose Women’s Hospital
The women’s hospital streamlines and enhances the trusted care women have found at Rose for decades providing women’s centered care through all stages of life - March 08, 2022 - HCA Healthcare Continental Division
Tavicare Offers Award-Winning Care for Feminine Health Problems
“The 'big picture' approach isn’t just about looking at disease or dysfunction — it’s about looking at a patient in their entirety,” declares Dr. Tavakoli. - March 07, 2022 - Tavicare Inc
AWHONN and Huggies® Provide Equitable Care in Nursing Resources to Benefit All Birthing Women
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), with support from the Huggies® Brand through an educational grant, has launched the Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) Framework, Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline, and Toolkit. These resources identify the essential aspects of respectful care needed to improve the birth experiences of people receiving health care in maternity settings and provide tools that providers can leverage. - March 04, 2022 - Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Recognizing Endometriosis Awareness Month
The Center for Endometriosis Care Again Calls for Better Education, Awareness & Support of Those with the Disease - February 28, 2022 - Center for Endometriosis Care
Announcing Official Launch of The Bridge Directory: Connecting Families of Color with Birth Professionals of Color
The Bridge Directory Will Celebrate Web Launch on March 11th with Virtual Event Featuring Keynote Speaker Activist Tamika Mallory. - February 26, 2022 - The Bridge Directory, LLC
Dr. David P. Mangiameli Joins New York Breast Health
New York Breast Health (NY Breast Health) a division of New York Cancer & Blood Specialists is pleased to announce the addition of board-certified surgical oncologist Dr. David P. Mangiameli. He will practice at 365 E Main Street, Patchogue, NY 11772. “We're very excited to expand breast... - February 01, 2022 - New York Breast Health
Dr. Vikki Georges Hufnagel Recognized as a Professional of the Year for Two Consecutive Years by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide
Dr. Vikki Georges Hufnagel of Woodland Hills, California has been recognized as a Professional of the Year for two consecutive years, 2021 and 2022, by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the healthcare field. About Dr. Vikki Georges... - January 20, 2022 - Strathmore Worldwide
Brianna Marie Foundation - Offering Hope to Unborn Babies and Their Families
Are you aware that you can operate on babies prior to birth and give unborn babies that have been diagnosed with a negative fetal diagnosis a chance to live a normal, healthy lifestyle. Parents Aran and Patrick Hissam started a non-profit called the Brianna Marie Foundation in honor of their daughter that passed away ten years ago from a fetal illness known as fetal hydrops. To date, the organization has raised over $550K and funds research around the world. - January 13, 2022 - Brianna Marie Foundation
Corinne E. Tobin, MD Joins New York Breast Imaging
New York Breast Imaging is pleased to announce the addition of Chief of Breast Imaging Corinne E. Tobin, MD, one of the most renowned and the first fellowship-trained breast imagers on Long Island. - November 15, 2021 - New York Breast Health
Julian Safir, MD Joins NY Breast Imaging
New York Breast Imaging is pleased to announce the addition of board-certified radiologist Julian Safir, MD. - November 15, 2021 - New York Breast Health
The Endometriosis Summit 2022 Has Arrived
The Endometriosis Summit, the nation's largest educational entity for patients and practitioners of endometriosis announces its 2022 conference. The 3-day endometriosis extravaganza heads to AdventHealth's Nicholson Center in Celebration, Florida, February 18-20. This year's honorary chair will be incoming AAGL President, Dr. Mauricio Abrao. He will keynote along with Author Jeanne Lenzer, who will speak on financial bias and medicine and Activist Pamela Merritt, a reproductive justice expert. - November 15, 2021 - The Endometriosis Summit
Cord for Life®, Inc. Announces Cord Blood Clinical Trial Phase I Trial for the Treatment of Lower Back Pain of the Sacroiliac Joint
Cord for Life®, a full-service cord blood bank with over 25 years of experience, today announced plans to conduct a clinical trial to treat lower back pain arising from the Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) using a biological therapeutic derived from umbilical cord blood. The company has received FDA... - October 29, 2021 - Cord For Life
J3 Bioscience Receives FDA Clearance on Lead Product for Unmet Women’s Vaginal Health and Wellness Needs
Patented LivRing(TM) is an intravaginal ring that provides long-lasting, controlled release of moisture to supplement the body’s natural lubrication and enhance the ease and comfort of sexual activity. - October 27, 2021 - J3 Bioscience, Inc.
AAHD Calls on Women with Disabilities to Schedule Their Clinical Breast Exams and Mammograms During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) in Rockville, MD is urging women with disabilities to ask themselves when is the last time they were screened for breast cancer. Breast cancer is a major public health concern for all women, and women with disabilities often face... - October 15, 2021 - American Association on Health and Disability
Bleuet Partners with Know Your Lemons for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
10% of Bleuet's Pink Bleum Bra Sales to be Donated to Know Your Lemons to Support Breast Health Education - October 04, 2021 - Bleuet
David A. Eagle, MD Joins New York Cancer & Blood Specialists
New York Cancer & Blood Specialists (NYCBS), one of the Nation’s leading oncology practices, is pleased to announce the addition of esteemed physician and Chair of Legislative Affairs and Patient Advocacy David A. Eagle, MD. He will be practicing at 365 E Main St. Patchogue, NY 11772,... - September 17, 2021 - New York Cancer & Blood Specialists
Manimas Proposes Handmaid's Amendment to Protect Women's Right to Medical Choices
Former presidential candidate John Manimas proposes a Constitutional Amendment to end further controversy regarding a women's right to medical choices. - September 15, 2021 - John Manimas Campaign
Swedish Medical Center Recognized as 5-Star Recipient for Hysterectomy by Healthgrades
This is the fourth year in a row that Swedish has been honored for its excellence in gynecologic surgery. - August 29, 2021 - Swedish Medical Center
Box for Loss Creates Supportive Space for Pregnancy Loss
Box for Loss is a physical and emotional support box designed to nurture mothers and families going through the loss of a pregnancy. One in four pregnancies end in miscarriage, with the majority occurring before 12 weeks. Many women say they felt very alone and unsupported in the aftermath. Box for Loss was created to expand the space for families going through pregnancy loss with resources + support. - July 29, 2021 - Box for Loss
Family Choice Surrogacy Announces Comprehensive Surrogate Training Certification
Introducing Foundations of Surrogacy, an exclusive education certification for all Family Choice surrogates with learning modules on everything from legalities to medical procedures, pregnancy and beyond. They're preparing their gestational carriers like never before so they are fully equipped to embark on their surrogacy journey. - July 14, 2021 - Family Choice Surrogacy
Mary’s Center and Capital Area Food Bank Launch Nutrition Program for High-Risk Pregnant Women in Maryland
The 1-year pilot program will benefit 75 women. - June 30, 2021 - Mary's Center
Delaware County’s Pennsylvania Institute of Technology (P.I.T.) Awarded $25,000 to Bring Ultrasound Training to Delaware County
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology (P.I.T.), a leader in medical career training was awarded $25,000 by The McLean Contributionship for the acquisition of equipment to launch a two-year degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. P.I.T. will be the first college in Delaware County to offer the region an opportunity to train to become an Ultrasound Technician at the two-year level. - June 28, 2021 - Pennsylvania Institute of Technology
Abyan Nur Announces Heated Menstrual Cup Kickstarter Project for Safe and Eco- Friendly Relief from Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
Women’s health enthusiast Abyan Nur and her team are introducing the Heated Menstrual Cup to help women find relief from menstrual pain and reduce or eliminate dependence on over-the-counter medication. Many women suffer severe discomfort and pain before and after menstruation due to cramping. For relief, most of them go for over-the-counter drugs, which often provide a temporary solution. - June 18, 2021 - Heated Menstrual Cup
High School Valedictorian Paxton Smith Signs Collaborative Book Deal Focused on Reproductive Rights
Di Angelo Publications is proud to announce the forthcoming book, "A War on My Body; A War on My Rights" - a profoundly personal and collaborative book led by Texas high school Valedictorian Paxton Smith, with contributions from numerous reproductive rights activists and public personalities, including renowned women's rights attorney Gloria Allred, reproductive and immigrant justice warrior Sadie Hernandez, and New York Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney. - June 17, 2021 - Di Angelo Publications
Mary’s Center Receives Funding from TD Charitable Foundation to Improve Access to Prenatal Care and Infant Health Outcomes
Funding will expand the Centering Pregnancy Program to reach 250 expecting mothers. - June 05, 2021 - Mary's Center
MedSend and On-Belay Partner to Train African Orthopedic Surgeons
On-Belay Medical and MedSend jointly announce their partnership in training national orthopedic surgeons in Africa. On-Belay Medical has committed $125,000 towards MedSend’s five-year residency programs for training national orthopedic surgeons. On-Belay is an innovative medical device... - June 04, 2021 - MedSend
Swedish Medical Center is Named a Maternal and Infant Care Quality Champion
Swedish Medical Center is proud to announce it has been named a Maternal and Infant Care Quality Champion by Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC). This designation signifies that the hospital has access to the most current data, best practices and resources available, and is... - May 21, 2021 - Swedish Medical Center
USA Fibroid Centers Holds Instagram Chat “Talk About U” About Fibroids and Fertility
USA Fibroid Centers Instagram Live Chat series, "Talk About U" will be broadcast on their Instagram page on Wednesday, May 5, at 6 pm [CST]. "Talk About U" – the U meaning uterus - is a new initiative for women to share their stories and discuss fibroids to help create... - May 05, 2021 - USA Fibroids Centers
New Therapies Offer Hope to Women with Hair Loss
New emerging therapies offer hope to women with hair loss. 70 million Americans suffer from hair loss. 20 million are women. The Skin and Wellness Center in Southern California introduces a new, state-of the-art, safe, and totally painless therapy which is readily available to advance the hairline, and capture those falling hairs. The special light therapies take a few minutes to achieve hair regrowth and are performed under medical supervision, in a COVID-19 safe and sterilized environment. - April 27, 2021 - The Skin & Wellness Center
Mindoula Acquires 180 Health Partners and Its Strongwell™ Substance-exposed Living Platform
Acquisition expands Mindoula’s suite of tech-enabled, outcome-driven population health management programs to include StrongWell™ Prenatal & Postpartum Care and Substance-exposed Living programs - March 18, 2021 - Mindoula
Swedish Medical Center Names Jaya Kumar, MD, New Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Kumar joins Swedish from Medical City McKinney, part of HCA Healthcare's Medical City Healthcare, where she served as the Chief Medical Officer. - February 06, 2021 - Swedish Medical Center
CollageVideo.TV Streams Into Third Year Bigger and Better Than Ever
CollageVideo.TV, one of the world’s leading streaming subscription sites for fitness and wellness, roars into its third year of operation with hundreds of hours of new programs featuring dozens of the best fitness instructors...all in one place. Work out whenever you want, wherever you want... - January 30, 2021 - Collagevideo.tv/Bayview Entertainment, LLC.
SottoPelle® Recognizes Ingrid Paredes, M.D. for Outstanding Contributions to BHRT and Her Quality Care for Her Patients
SottoPelle® announces its "Featured Provider Series," showcasing various Providers that have made a difference to their patients, offering leading-edge Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT). - January 29, 2021 - SottoPelle Therapy
HCA/HealthONE's North Suburban Medical Center Announces New Director of Women’s and Children’s Services
North Suburban Medical Center recently announced the appointment of Mary Taylor, MSN, RNC, CNS, to director of Women’s and Children’s Services. Taylor brings more than 30 years of experience in healthcare and nursing leadership and a strong record of accomplishments. In her new role,... - January 27, 2021 - HealthONE North Suburban Medical Center
Elliot Nadelson, MD Joins New York Health
New York Health (NY Health) is pleased to announce board-certified Elliot Nadelson, M.D. has joined its urology team. NYHealth is the premier center for primary and specialty care services with a network of outstanding physicians specializing in family medicine, internal medicine, physical therapy, nephrology, neurology, rheumatology, surgery, and urology. - January 19, 2021 - New York Health
Digisonics Showcases Latest Workflow Solutions at SMFM 2021
Digisonics will display new fetal echo reporting, support for multiple orders and offline quantitation enhancements at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine 2021 Virtual Meeting. - January 13, 2021 - Digisonics
Raman Kuppuswamy, the Content Creator and YouTuber, Has Released His Next Video
Raman Kuppuswamy, the content creator and YouTuber, has felt that pregnant women need to be educated as to what exercises they should do and which ones they should avoid. He feels exercises and yoga alone will prepare pregnant women suitably so that they can have smooth labor. That is the reason he has released this video. - November 13, 2020 - Raman Kuppuswamy
Be the Difference Foundation Presents the Second Annual Runway for Hope Fashion Show, Online This Year, Benefiting Mary Crowley Cancer Research
This exciting fashion show goes virtual, featuring ovarian cancer survivors styled by popular fashion influencers in an engaging story format. - October 23, 2020 - Be the Difference Foundation
Helping Students Get Into and Through Physician Assistant School Seems to Have Gotten a Little Easier Thanks to This New Company
The number one most subscribed video producer of PA related content in the world, Adanna Hackett, PA-C (Adanna The PA), has partnered with the industry leading producer of test prep and question banks, Dr. Adam Rosh (Rosh Review) to create a unique and exciting online platform called, Get That C University to help Pre PA Students and PA Students get into and through PA School. - October 06, 2020 - Get That C University
Navigating Fertility Will be a Free Webinar by The Endometriosis Summit September 30 at 8:30pm EST; Entity to Host a Virtual Fertility Weekend Oct. 24-25
The Endometriosis Summit is excited to announce author and New York Times Columnist, Amy Klein, will join them for a free webinar on September 30 at 8:30pm EST. Klein wrote "The Trying Game," a quintessential book for anyone looking to understand the science of infertility from a patient... - September 30, 2020 - The Endometriosis Summit
Rose Medical Center Recognized as Maternal & Infant Care Quality Champion
Rose Medical Center’s Rose Babies program has been recognized as a Maternal and Infant Quality Care Champion by the Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC). This designation means the hospital has access to the most current data, best practices and resources available and is... - September 17, 2020 - Rose Medical Center
Esprit Woman Care and The OB/GYN Center Join Together to Provide Greater OB Options for the Community
Esprit Woman Care and The OB/GYN Center, both on the Sky Ridge campus, have joined practices now, Esprit OB/GYN Center. - September 04, 2020 - Sky Ridge Medical Center
Miami Doula Yoni with Yani Open for Business
Yanique Mais offers birth and postpartum services for expectant and new mothers. After seeing the racial disparity in emergency rooms in Miami-Dade County and her limited resources as a registered nurse to help the affected Black and Latina women, Mais knew she had to go a different route if she was actually going to make a difference. - September 02, 2020 - Yoni with Yani LLC
Female Urologist Joins New York Health
New York Health (NY Health) is pleased to announce that Lauren B. Schulz, D.O., has joined its practice. Through a multi-specialty network of physicians, NY Health is one of the leading community healthcare practices treating a wide range of conditions. The NY Health Center for Urology features... - September 01, 2020 - New York Health
Conceptions Reproductive Associates of Colorado Welcomes Dr. Jasmine Chiang to Fertility Doctor Team
Dr. Chiang will begin seeing patients September 1, 2020. - August 30, 2020 - Conceptions Reproductive Associates of Colorado
Conceptions Reproductive Associates of Colorado Meets Criteria for Optum Fertility Center of Excellence Network
Conceptions Reproductive Associates of Colorado has recently met membership criteria for the ninth consecutive year in the Optum Fertility Center of Excellence Network. Each year, Optum evaluates health care programs and providers utilizing strict criteria with a goal to help patients make more... - August 30, 2020 - Conceptions Reproductive Associates of Colorado
Natural Medilube® Offers Ultra-Safe Lubricant to Fertility Clinics & Birthing Centers; Expectant Moms Can Now Protect Their Own Health & That of Their Newborns
Natural Medilube® offers a solution to a major health crisis at fertility clinics and birthing centers across North America that are using paraben-laced and petroleum-based lubricants on pregnant and TTC (Trying to Conceive) moms. Natural Medilube is 100%-plant-based and completely free of all petroleum, parabens and fragrances, thereby, promoting a healthy vaginal biome. - August 27, 2020 - Natural Medilube
New Study Highlights Exciting Potential of Umbilical Cord Tissue to Treat COVID-19
COVID-19 patients administered with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) from cord tissue all recover from disease. - Cord tissue cells shown to promote tissue repair and regeneration and support normal function of immune system. - Insception Lifebank is Canada’s first and largest cord blood... - August 07, 2020 - Insception
New York Breast Health Welcomes New Board-Certified Surgeon
New York Breast Health is pleased to announce that Susan Palleschi, MD, FACS has joined the multi-specialty practice. Dr. Palleschi is a board-certified surgeon who specializes in diseases and surgery of the breast. She will be practicing at 1010 Northern Blvd, Suite 102, Great Neck, NY,... - August 03, 2020 - New York Cancer & Blood Specialists