by Rachel Gross | Oct 10, 2018 | Blog
‘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...
by Mary Rubin, PhD | Sep 26, 2018 | Blog
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...
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by MobileODT | Aug 14, 2018 | Blog
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...
by Rachel Gross | Jul 26, 2018 | Blog
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...
by Rachel Gross | Jul 23, 2018 | Blog
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...
by Rachel Gross | Jul 19, 2018 | Blog
Many Americans would be shocked to learn that thousands of the country’s women die annually from an entirely preventable disease. But, every year, 4,000 women die in the US from cervical cancer. Deaths that could be prevented by routine screening tests. With...
by Rachel Gross | Jul 16, 2018 | Blog
Well-woman exams help to save lives. The annual screening sessions have become a regular part of many women’s health routines. Still, many women do not take advantage of this service. Patient engagement fears about cost, and simple scheduling issues all affect patient...
by Tali Caspi | Jun 6, 2018 | Blog
Rural and remote healthcare is a large burden in Australia; a massive country almost the same size as the USA with only 21 million people living across the entire continent. Whilst a majority of its population live along the Eastern and South-Eastern Coast, its...
by MobileODT | Feb 27, 2018 | Blog
Hispanic women in the United States experience the highest incidence rates of any racial or ethnic group in the country even though cervical cancer is a highly preventable disease. Troubling statistics indicate that Hispanic women in America, especially those residing...
