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Today's Date and Time is . . . An obstetrician (OB) is a specialist trained physician who has successfully completed specialized education and extensive medical training in the management of pregnancy, labor, and including the mother and child-health important time period after childbirth.
An OBy gynecologist (GYN) is a medical doctor who has specialized, been educated at medical school and trained in women's health involving the female reproductive system, including the diagnosis and treatment of a long list of female disorders and female specific diseases.
An obstetrician/gynecologist (OBY) is a physician who specializes in medical issues and surgery for females only. The OB|GYN has extensive medical schooling dealing with pregnancy, pregnancy complications, childbirth and problems or issues with the female body and a women's reproductive system.
OB Obstetricians and GYN Gynecologists see women patients for female specific issues only and their medical concerns, including birth control and annual physical examinations. A woman relies on her ObyGyn to also perform pre-natal pregnancy care and deliver babies. Obstetrics commonly deal with having a baby whereas gynecology relates more to female health and body issues, including giving women regular female health exams.
National Women's Checkup Day is a nationwide effort, coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health, to:
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Encourage women to visit health care professionals
to receive or schedule a checkup.
- Promote regular checkups as vital to the early detection of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, mental health illnesses, sexually transmitted infections, and other conditions.
It is important for women to get regular checkups because:
- Screening tests, such as mammograms and Pap tests,
can find diseases early, when they are easier
to treat. Some women need certain screening tests
earlier, or more often, than others.
- Screenings and routine care can help women lower
their risks of many health conditions, including
heart disease.
Women can participate in National Women's Checkup Day in several ways:
- Women should contact their current doctor
or nurse or one of the participating health
care professionals to schedule checkups and
screening services on National Women's Checkup
Day.
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During their checkups, women should discuss
with their health care professionals which of
the tests are right for them, when they should
have them, and how often.
- Women can prepare themselves for their health checkups
with A Checklist for Your Next Checkup, developed
by the Agency for Health care Research and Quality
of the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.
- Getting sufficient amounts of bed rest and avoiding over-stressful activities while pregnant is important for your health and a safe pregnancy.
Visit PreventiveCare . . . Take Control of Your Health . . . Preventive care like physical exams and periodic screenings can help detect illness or health risks early in life.
Go-below for Specific Female Medical Conditions Health Resources and Concise OBY/GYN Information
- Abortion
- Adolescent Pregnancy see Teenage Pregnancy
- AIDS and Pregnancy
- Alcohol Abuse in Pregnancy see Pregnancy and Substance Abuse
- Amenorrhea see Menstruation
- Amniocentesis see Prenatal Testing
- Artificial Insemination see Infertility
- Bacterial Vaginosis see Vaginal Diseases
- Birth Control
- Breast
Cancer
- Breast Diseases
- Breast Feeding
- Breast Implants see Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Reduction see Breast
Reconstruction
- Candidiasis see Yeast Infections
- Cervical Cancer
- Cesarean Section
- Change of Life see Menopause
- Childbirth
- Chlamydia Infections
- Chorionic Villi Sampling see Prenatal Testing
- Clap see Gonorrhea
- Condylomata Acuminata see Genital Warts
- Contraception see Birth
Control
- Crab Lice see Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- C-Section see Cesarean Section
- Cystocele see Pelvic Support Problems
- Delivery see Childbirth
- Diabetes
and Pregnancy
- Drug Abuse in Pregnancy see Pregnancy and Substance Abuse
- Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding see Vaginal Bleeding
- Dysmenorrhea see Menstruation
- Dyspareunia see Female Sexual Dysfunction
- Ectopic Pregnancy see Pregnancy
Loss
- Endometrial Cancer see Uterine Cancer
- Endometriosis
- ERT see Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Estrogen Replacement Therapy see Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Family Planning see Birth
Control
- Female Sexual Dysfunction
- Fertility see Infertility ; Reproductive Health
- Fetal Ultrasound see Prenatal Testing
- Fibrocystic Breast Disease see Breast Diseases
- Fibroids see Uterine
Fibroids
- Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer see Infertility
- Genital Herpes see Herpes Simplex
- Genital Warts
- Gestational Diabetes see Diabetes and Pregnancy
- Gestational Hypertension see High
Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
- Gonorrhea
- Gynecomastia see Breast Diseases
- Herpes Simplex
- High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
- High
Risk Pregnancy
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hot Flashes see Menopause
- HPV
- HRT see Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Human Papillomavirus see HPV
- Hysterectomy
- In Vitro Fertilization see Infertility
- Infections and Pregnancy
- Infertility
- IVF see Infertility
- Labor see Childbirth
- Lumpectomy see Mastectomy
- Mammaplasty see Breast Reconstruction
- Mammography
- Mastectomy
- Menopausal Hormone Therapy see Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Menopause
- Menstruation
- Miscarriage see Pregnancy Loss
- Moniliasis see Yeast
Infections
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovarian Cysts
- Ovarian Insufficiency see Premature Ovarian Failure
- Paget's Disease of Breast see Breast Cancer
- PAP Smear see Cervical
Cancer
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Pelvic Pain
- Pelvic Support Problems
- Perimenopause see Menopause
- PID see Pelvic
Inflammatory Disease
- PMS see Premenstrual Syndrome
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome see Ovarian Cysts
- Preeclampsia see High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy and AIDS see AIDS
and Pregnancy
- Pregnancy and Diabetes see Diabetes and Pregnancy
- Pregnancy and Substance Abuse
- Pregnancy, Infections in see Infections and Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Loss
- Pregnancy, Teen see Teenage
Pregnancy
- Premature Menopause see Menopause
- Premature Ovarian Failure
- Premenstrual Syndrome
- Prenatal Care
- Prenatal
Testing
- Reproductive Health
- Sex see Sexual Health
- Sexual Health
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Smoking in Pregnancy see Pregnancy
and Substance Abuse
- Spontaneous Abortion see Pregnancy Loss
- STD see Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Stein-Leventhal Syndrome see Ovarian Cysts
- Sterility see Infertility
- Sterilization see Birth
Control
- Stillbirth see Pregnancy Loss
- Substance Abuse in Pregnancy see Pregnancy and Substance Abuse
- Syphilis
- Teenage Pregnancy
- Thrush see Yeast
Infections
- Toxemia see High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
- Trichomoniasis
- Uterine Bleeding see Vaginal Bleeding
- Uterine Cancer
- Uterine
Diseases
- Uterine Fibroids
- Uterine Leiomyomata see Uterine Fibroids
- Vaginal Bleeding
- Vaginal Cancer
- Vaginal
Diseases
- Vaginal Infections see Vaginal Diseases
- Vaginismus see Female Sexual Dysfunction
- Vaginitis see Vaginal Diseases
- Vasectomy see Birth Control
- Venereal Disease see Sexually
Transmitted Diseases
- Venereal Warts see Genital Warts
- Vulvar Cancer
- Vulvar Disorders
- Vulvodynia see Vulvar Disorders
- Yeast Infections