Gynecology

Diagnostic Medical Sonography Being able to identify bumps, inflammation, tissue mutilation, growths, and the overwhelming news of the sex of an unborn child all have one thing in common, an ultrasound. Diagnostic medical sonography, more commonly referred to as ultrasound, is a growing area of the health care sector with excellent job prospects. Sonographers are skilled clinicians who perform ultrasound studies as ordered by physicians for their patients. The images created by sonographers are…

Drugs Used During Labor Throughout the years, medicine has become and still is one of the most evolving factors in our world today. Various doctors were not able to help find a way to help women bear the pain during labor. Women were just hoping that their baby would turn out healthy, no matter what they consumed or did. Many were not able to live with their child and died, sometimes along with the baby. Some nurses and doctors would only help deliver the baby, weigh it, check to see if it…

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Elizabeth Blackwell was a pioneer for women everywhere and took giant steps in medical and social reform and sanitation. She gave many women after her the opportunity to follow in her footsteps and make a difference in the world. Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Bristol, England in 1821. She was born to Hannah Lane and Samuel Blackwell. Elizabeth lived with her parents, her father’s four unmarried sisters and eight other siblings. She grew up in a religious and liberal home that pushed education.…

Have you ever wondered if you were going to attend college? If so, have you thought about where you want to go? Everyone in the world at least thinks about college a few times. Some want to attend, some may not. You can still get a great paying job even if you don’t attend college. Maybe not the job you wanted. Some jobs depend on if you go to college and get a degree in your liking or not. What I want to be requires a lot more years of school after high school graduation. Well, being a curious…

gender ratio may vary wildly within a single discipline. For example, students of the medical profession have noted the extreme variation across specialties with surgical specialties often being almost entirely male with pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology having an overwhelmingly large percentage of women. A second advantage is that gatekeeping practices may not respect intellectual boundaries. That is, the network of people who are influential within a profession may include people from…

According to Daniel R. Mishell, Jr., MD, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California before abortions were legal many women would perform abortions on their own. Some women used coat hangers, sewing needles, or unsafe back- alley abortionists. ( Patt Morrison) In…

demonstrates how health care systems lack the right training and education when it comes to transgender issues. The journal, "Care of the Transgender Patient: A Survey of Gynecologists’ Current Knowledge and Practice" provides a study where more than 100 gynecology and obstetrics providers took an anonymous survey, which evaluated and analyzed their education about transgender individuals. The results from the surveys showed that more than half of the providers were not trained on the care of…

primary care physicians to provide easy access to Primary Care for patients. WCH has eight clinics which are staffed by thirty-six physicians and seven midlevel providers, who specialize in internal medicine, family practice, infectious disease, and gynecology (Wager, Lee, & Glaser, 2013, p. 628-629). WCH clinics currently utilize XYZ Data Systems Integrated EHR and Practice Management System. They have had this system for four years. The hospital uses Meditech, which is compatible with the WCH…

When conducting this search it was found that the time of pregnancy requires some special care. For many women think that this state allows them to eat everything without having the notion that it can do much harm to her and the baby. Among the care can highlight mainly the attention to diet and physical activity. The authors state that one of the best exercise for the body is the practice of weight training, even in the gestation period. (ARTAL, Raul. 2000) Gestational phase causes many changes…