OB/GYN Reference Links
Patients pursuing information Are the best patients
Below is information Dr. Jackson has gathered in his ongoing effort to educate himself and to provide information for his patients.
We offer this to you with the following understandings. Providing this information cannot be an adequate substitute to consultations with Dr. Jackson. It is provided only as information and is not offered as medical advise. Dr. Jackson is unable and will not respond to email relating to this information. Dr. Jackson is very eager to review any questions you may have in a face-to-face Office Consultation. If you wish to do this, print and bring with you those pages which have prompted questions to review when you come in. Dr. Jackson offers Office Consultation to consult individuals who have not been patients in the past.
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
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Dr. Jackson's Favorite Web sites
Favorite Web Sites and Articles
PCRM = Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a nonprofit organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research.
PCRM Health Page
One of Dr. Jackson's favorites.
American Academy of Pediatrics
"Dedicated to the Health of All Children"
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG)
ACOG's Women’s Issues page
The Cancer Project
The Cancer Project is a collaborative effort of physicians, researchers, and nutritionists who have joined together to educate individuals, families, and the public on the benefits of a healthy diet for cancer prevention and survival.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Cesarean delivery on maternal request
Cesarean delivery on maternal request: maternal and neonatal outcomes.
By AG Visco, et al and Trends in maternal request cesarean delivery from 1991 to 2004. By GL Gossman, et al, in Obstetrics & Gynecology, December 2006
Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide)
The Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) serves as a filter for scientific literature on specific health problems that can be large,
inconsistent, uneven in quality, and even inaccessible. The Community Guide summarizes what is known about the effectiveness, economic efficiency, and feasibility of interventions to promote community health and prevent disease. The Task Force on Community Preventive Services makes recommendations for the use of various interventions based on the evidence gathered in the rigorous and systematic scientific reviews of published studies conducted by the review teams of the Community Guide. The findings from the reviews are published in peer-reviewed journals and also made available on this Internet website.
Healthy Women
Online resource
Lab Tests Online
A public resource on clinical lab testing from the laboratory professionals who do the testing.
MedlinePlus - Women’s Health Issues
Trusted Health Information for You from the National Library of Medicine
Miscarriage Risks
Eating fruit and veg 'halves miscarriage risk'...from a study published in BJOG: International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
More on Miscarriage Risks
From the Miscarriage Association: Underweight women at greater risk of miscarriage – but having a healthy diet and reducing stress when pregnant may lower risk
National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention (NCHSTP)
A center of the CDC, NCHSTP provides national leadership in preventing and controlling human immunodeficiency virus infection, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis.
NIH News in Health
NIH News in Health (http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/) is a free monthly newsletter bringing you practical health information based on research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation's medical research agency.
Obese should exercise not 'diet'
From BBC news: Women who are clinically obese don't need to diet to improve their health, say UK researchers.
People's Pharmacy
You may order transcipts of People's Pharmacy broadcasts by calling 800.732. 2334.
UNC Center for Maternal & Infant Health
The Center for Maternal and Infant Health coordinates a team approach to the provision of care to high-risk pregnant women and babies within the UNC Health Care System.
Click on "Health Information" for a series of health information sheets that have been developed and approved by the NC Women's Patient Education Committee
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