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Definition of gynecology
: a branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and routine physical care of the reproductive system of women
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A cesarean section saved both her and her baby’s life, said Zlangbah Dahn, head of obstetrics and gynecology at Ganta United Methodist Hospital.
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Today, women physicians represent about a third of all medical doctors and even form the majority in some specialties, such as pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology.
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While certain fundamentals of gynecology remain constant— women will always get pregnant, contract urinary tract infections, and need access to birth control — much of its landscape has shifted in those nearly 35 years.
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In the obstetrics and gynecology department, doctors are given time off for especially difficult situations, and counseling is provided through an employee assistance program.
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Aaron Caughey, the chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Oregon Health Sciences University, and a leading researcher on obstetric practice, recalls how Clark standardized the use of oxytocin.
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Steve Clark, an outdoors-loving doctor from Wisconsin, trained in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Southern California in the late 1970s and early 1980s, an era of economically segregated medicine.
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A team led by Northwestern University obstetrics and gynecology professor Teresa K. Woodruff grew human and mouse cells from several reproductive organs in a network of tiny, interconnected cubes.
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About 63 percent of those who are graduating plan to train in one of the four traditional primary care specialties: internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics or obstetrics/gynecology.
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medical : a branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and routine physical care of the reproductive system of women
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: a branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and routine physical care of the reproductive system of women
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