Planned Parenthood Action Fund Mailers Target Conn. GOP Candidate McMahon

In the final days before the Nov. 2 elections, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund is targeting Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate and former WWE executive Linda McMahon (R) with a mail campaign depicting scenes from the wrestling organization’s events as negative toward women, Roll Call reports…

American Congress Of Obstetricians And Gynecologists Elects New Officers

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) announced the election of James N. Martin, Jr, MD, of Mississippi, as President Elect; James T. Breeden, MD, of Nevada, as Vice President; Mark S. DeFrancesco, MD, MBA, of Connecticut, as Secretary; James A. Macer, MD, of California, as Assistant Secretary; and Leah A. Kaufman, MD, of New York, as Fellow-at-Large…

Women Veterans Less Likely To Report Pain Than Male Counterparts

In the first study to look at sex-specific pain prevalence in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans, researchers from the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and the Yale University School of Medicine found women Veterans had a lower prevalence of pain than male counterparts returning from the conflicts. Approximately 60% of OEF/OIF Veterans were assessed with pain during the study period.

Yale Surgeons Remove Gallbladder Vaginally; Doctors And Patients Available To Speak On Minimally-Invasive Surgical Trend

In the first surgery of its kind in Connecticut, and among the first in New England, surgeons at Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital successfully removed the gallbladder of a 21-year-old woman through her vagina. This operation joins the first wave of transvaginal organ removals to be performed in the U.S. and around the world, forerunners in a small but steadily growing trend toward minimally-invasive, no-scar surgery.