Will Smoking Pot Harm My Unborn Child?
Potential harmful effects of marijuana on pregnancy and an unborn child are currently underfunded, leaving many women looking for answers.
Dr. Santoro Receives Outstanding Achievement Award
Congratulations to Nanette Santoro, MD, recipient of the Journal of Women’s Health Award for Outstanding Achievement in Women’s Health Research at the Awards Gala at Women’s Health 2015 in Washington, DC. Dr. Santoro is Professor and E. Stewart Taylor Chair in the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Having a Hysterectomy? Why You Might Not Need One
Dr. Jaime Arruda weighs in on a discussion of hysterectomy alternatives in the U.S. News & World Report.
Why the IUD is Making a Comeback
Dr. Stephanie Teal discusses the rising interest & popularity of the intrauterine device – one of the most effective Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives and a once-controversial contraception.
Five Thousand Adolescent Mothers Helped at CU’s CAMP
CAMP’s philosophy recognizes that adolescent pregnancies are not the same as older-age pregnancies. The traditional care model of a doctor acting as a gatekeeper and referring for other services as they recognize needs is not appropriate for adolescent mothers. CAMP looks for those problems from the start.
CU’s CAMP Gives Crucial Help to Adolescent Mothers
In its 20-plus year history, CAMP (Colorado Adolescent Maternity Program) has guided an estimated 5,000 young Colorado mothers through psychological and medical uncertainties and into a bright future.
CU Researchers Test Groundbreaking Birth Control Option
Family Planning is working on an NIH study into a new form of birth control pill that should be particularly beneficial for heavier women, whose weight can counteract the effectiveness of contraceptive pills and also cause more side effects.
Dr. Teal on Rachel Maddow: An IUD Is Not an Ongoing Abortion
“Young women weren’t the original market for IUDs, but we are trying to turn the paradigm on its head,” said Dr. Teal. “Instead of having to do something every single day to stay non-pregnant, let’s just do one thing and make non-pregnant the default state. Young women’s lives are very complex. And trying to take a pill at the same time every day—forget about it.”
Inflammation Contributes to Infertility in Obese Women
Advanced Reproductive Medicine researchers discover a relationship between the chronic inflammation that accompanies obesity in women and their impaired fertility, raising the prospect of reversing the negative effects of obesity on fertility.
CU Working On Safer Birth Control Pill For Larger Women
“This research will test the first completely new molecule to be used in daily contraception since the hormones progesterone and estrogen,” says Dr. Stephanie Teal. “It has the potential to be a major advancement, the introduction of a new first line contraceptive.”