Women's Health News
Portland Monthly names 13 of our providers as top doctors of Portland JAN 2012
Featured physicians include: Mary Ames, Paula Bednarek, Michelle Berlin, Aaron Brandon Caughey, Mary Anna Denman, Alison Edelman, S. Renee Edwards, W. Thomas Gregory, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Catherine M. Leclair, David M. Lee, Elizabeth G. Munro, and Meg O’Reilly.
OHSU Researchers Partner With Women Firefighters to Protect Children NOV 2011
Children younger than 5 are particularly vulnerable to fire- and heat-related injury and trauma in the home. New safety videos aiming to prevent childbhood injuries are online at safemoms.org, in English and Spanish. Read more
When Twentysomethings Choose Sterilization NOV 2011
OHSU's Dr. Paula Bednarek discusses factors to consider for women choosing tubal ligation, and why they might be changing.
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One in five pregnant American women are put on bed rest annually: Is it working? OCT 2011
Though often prescribed, there is little evidence that bed rest helps prevent complications from pregnancy or improves the health of babies.
See: Bed rest: Often used, never proven, pages 32-34
Women don’t have to push so much: On Labor and How Epidurals Changed Childbirth SEP 2011
OHSU's Dr. Aaron Caughey talks about factors influencing c-section rates and why women may need more time to labor.
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September is National Ovarian Cancer Month: Screening Efforts Continue SEP 2011
Through the Oregon Ovarian Cancer Registry, OHSU is working to develop better hereditary screening methods for ovarian cancer.
Research Forefront: Fetal Origins of Obestity and Disease SEP 2011
OHSU research shows how moms who eat a high-fat diet before and during pregnancy may 'program' their babies to be fatter, at risk for chronic disease in later in life. More
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Nov 3-4: 35th Annual Pacific NW Update in OB/GYN and Women’s Health SEP 2011
Our annual conference at the Governor Hotel in downtown Portland is less than two months away, and the excitement continues to build.
See course details and registration
OHSU and Other Hospitals Agree: "Healthy Babies Are Worth The Wait" AUG 2011
OHSU is one of 17 Oregon hospitals have come together to agree to put a “hard stop” on elective non-medically necessary inductions and C-sections before 39 weeks gestation by September 1, 2011.
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OHSU effort aims to reduce the number of cesarean section births JULY 2011
OHSU hospital is one of a handful nationwide that allows planned vaginal breech births, encourages VBACs and has implemented practices it hopes will result in fewer surgical deliveries.
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Breast Milk Donations Help Save Lives JULY 2011
Breastfeeding moms can help critically ill children by donating excess milk. OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital opens Beaverton's first breast milk drop-off site. Read more
