In October, British biologist Robert Edwards was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The award was made for his collaboration with the late gynecologist Patrick Steptoe that led to development of in vitro fertilization (IVF), the procedure that allows scientists to fertilize a human egg outside a woman’s [Read More]

Women’s Care is a proud member of the Northwest Specialty Clinics’ Cancer Care Alliance, an organization of 50 Eugene/Springfield specialists with a shared vision for improving cancer care in our community. With the Cancer Care Alliance, Women’s Care participated in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life in August to [Read More]

Our physicians have launched an intervention to increase screening for and education about chlamydia in women ages 15 to 25. Chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease in the U.S., with 1 million cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control in 2006. With generous funding from Pacific [Read More]

The recent development of a test for human papilloma virus (HPV) has created a change in national recommendations for routine Pap smears for women. Women’s Care has changed its guidelines in accordance with those recommendations. The Pap smear has been part of annual gynecological exams in the U.S. since the [Read More]

Women’s Care is making it quicker, safer and cheaper for our patients to fill prescriptions. By using prescribing software, we send electronic prescriptions directly to the pharmacy of your choice. Here are the benefits for you: You won’t have to deliver a paper prescription to the pharmacy and wait to [Read More]

Relay for Life began in 1985 when Dr. Gordon Klatt walked and ran around the University of Puget Sound track for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Since its inception, millions of people have participated in Relay for Life nationally and internationally; they go to support [Read More]

American women and much of the medical community were shocked last November when a federal task force recommended dramatic changes in long-held guidelines for breast cancer screening. For years, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have recommended screening mammograms every one to two [Read More]

Drs. Melissa Edwards and Heather York of the Women’s Care office on Country Club Parkway in Eugene have completed additional training to become certified users of the new third-generation da Vinci Si robot. Best known for its use in prostate surgery, the da Vinci is also used for gynecologic surgery. [Read More]

Because Women’s Care is concerned about your good health, we’ve joined forces with the Lane County Public Health Department as a community partner to help protect against the spread of the H1N1 virus (swine flu). While the number of cases in Oregon peaked in late October, some infectious disease experts [Read More]

Making the most of your health care dollars can actually be easier than you think. Below are ten easy ways you can easily stretch your health care dollar and do your part to help keep overall health care costs down. Understand how your health plan works. Know the deductibles, co-payments, [Read More]