Cervical cancer screening for sex workers: Bringing dignity and healing
Sex workers experience numerous healthcare issues. Dr. Judy Norman discusses how to perform women’s health and colposcopy within this population.
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Cervical cancer & HIV: a quiet tragedy [infographic]
Billions of dollars are spent every year in preventing and treating the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Antiretroviral treatments are prolonging life expectancy for people with HIV and giving new hope for the future. But a quiet tragedy is playing out for thousands of HIV+ women....
5 highlights from IPVC 2018 conference
The 32rd International Papillomavirus Conference in Sydney was a whirlwind of new discoveries in the HPV world with the revelation of new cervical cancer screening AI by the National Cancer Institute and coinciding with the announcement of Australian vaccination...
Colposcopy in pregnancy: Best practice and insider tips
Welcome back to our Colpo Corner, where we explore various aspects of colposcopy. In this edition Mary Rubin, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAANP shares her advice on performing colposcopy during pregnancy based on her 35 years of experience working in colposcopy. Performing...
Why Cervical Cancer isn’t defeated…yet
‘Australia defeats cervical cancer’ was announced on newspaper headlines this week. Around the world, the initial results of the Australian government initiative to introduce HPV vaccination to high school age students suggested that cervical cancer instances may have...
DES daughters: Understanding DES (Diethylstilbestrol) and its clinical implications
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) was marketed to prevent miscarriage, premature labor and other pregnancy-related complications from 1940 to 1971. However, this synthetic form of estrogen caused significant birth defects, notably leaving children born to the mother who had...![Telehealth can provide cervical cancer screening to 10 million women in the US [infographic]](https://www.mobileodt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MobileODT-Telehealth-OBGYN-Shortage-banner.jpg)
Telehealth can provide cervical cancer screening to 10 million women in the US [infographic]
Millions of US women are going without any form of OB-GYN coverage putting them at risk for disease. Despite the rapid growth of the US female population, obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) residency programs have decreased, and the number of first-year...
A revolution in cervical cancer screening in Ghana
Dr Kofi Effah feels understandably proud of his clinic and his staff. He heads the Cervical Cancer Prevention and Training Center of the Catholic Hospital, Battor, which opened to address the dire need for cervical cancer screening in Ghana. In 2012, cervical cancer...
10 million women have no doctors to treat them: The OB-GYN shortage in America
Today in America, there are many women that do not have access to an OB-GYNs to provide care for them. With the shortage of OB-GYN coverage quickly becoming a crisis, some healthcare systems look to new technologies in order to overcome the gap. OB-GYNs provide...