{"id":476,"date":"2016-05-18T19:32:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T19:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/mestonlab\/?page_id=476"},"modified":"2024-06-25T23:59:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T23:59:49","slug":"womens-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/mestonlab\/womens-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Organizations Dedicated to Women’s Health<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Athena Institute
\n<\/strong>https:\/\/www.athenainstitute.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

American College of Nurse-Midwives<\/strong>
\n818 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Ste. 900
\nWashington, DC 20006
\n202\/728.9860 or 1-888-MIDWIFE
\nwww.acnm.org<\/a><\/p>\n

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)<\/strong>
\n409 W. 12th St., SW
\nWashington, DC 20024
\n202\/638.5577
\nwww.acog.org<\/a><\/p>\n

American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)<\/strong>
\n1209 Montgomery Hwy.
\nBirmingham, AL 35216-2809
\n205\/978.5000
\nwww.asrm.org<\/a><\/p>\n

American Urogynecologic Societ<\/strong>y
\n2025 M St., NW, Ste. 800
\nWashington, DC 20036
\n202\/367.1167
\nwww.augs.org<\/a><\/p>\n

HealthyWomen.org<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.healthywomen.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The National Women’s Health Information Center<\/strong>
\nOffice on Women’s Health, Dept. of Health and Human Services
\n1325 G St., NW
\nWashington, DC 20005
\n202\/347.1140
\nwww.womenshealth.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n

North American Menopause Society<\/strong>
\n11000 Euclid Ave.
\nCleveland, OH 44106
\nwww.menopause.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Vulvar Pain (Vulvodynia)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

National Vulvodynia Association<\/strong>
\nPO Box 4491
\nSilver Spring, MD 20914-4491
\n410\/299.0775
\nwww.nva.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Vulvar Pain Foundation<\/strong>
\nPO Drawer 177
\nGraham, NC 27253
\n336\/226.0704
\nwww.vulvarpainfoundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ostomy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

United Ostomy Association<\/strong>
\n19772 McArthur Blvd., Ste. 200
\nIrvine, CA 92612-2405
\n949\/660.8624 or 1-800\/826.0826
\nwww.uoa.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Incontinence<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

National Association for Continence (NAFC)<\/strong>
\nPO Box 8310
\nSpartanburg, SC 29305-8310
\n864\/579.7900 or 1-800-BLADDER (252.3337)
\nwww.nafc.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Simon Foundation for Continence<\/strong>
\nPO Box 835-F
\nWilmette, IL 60091
\n1-800-23 SIMON (237.4666)
\nwww.simonfoundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sex and Disability<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s Okay!: a magazine on sexuality and disability<\/strong>
\nSureen Publishing
\nPO Box 23102
\n124 Welland Ave.
\nSt. Catharines, Ontario
\nCanada L2R 7P6<\/p>\n

Sexuality and Disability Training Center<\/strong>
\nBoston University Medical Center
\n88 East Newton St.
\nBoston, MA 02118
\n617\/ 726.2748
\nA group of health professionals exploring physical disability and sexuality. They publish The Journal of Sexuality and Disabilty<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Vaginal Weights for Kegel Practice<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Femina Vaginal Weights<\/strong>
\nUrohealth Systems, Inc.
\n1-800\/879.3111<\/p>\n

Fem Tone<\/strong>
\nConvatTec
\n908\/281.2200<\/p>\n

Kegel Exercise Kones<\/strong>
\nMilex Products, Inc.
\n312\/631.6484<\/p>\n

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Prescriptions for Natural Hormones<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Following are sources for custom-compounding pharmacies that supply natural estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone products. You will need a prescription from your physician. To get a list of pharmacies by states:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/pharmacyfinder.rxlocal.com\/pharmacyFinder\/browse<\/p>\n

Women’s International Pharmacy<\/strong>
\n5708 Monona Dr.
\nMadison, WI 53716
\n1-800\/279.5708
\nwww.womensinternational.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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STIs & HIV\/AIDS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

AIDS.gov<\/strong>
\nU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
\n200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
\nWashington, D.C. 20201
\nWebsite<\/a> || Email<\/a><\/p>\n

AIDSInfo<\/em><\/strong>
\nP.O. Box 6303
\nRockville, MD 20849-6303
\n1-800-HIV-0440 (1-800-448-0440)
\nFAX: 1-301-519-6616
\nOutside US: 1-301-519-0459
\nTTY: 1-888\/480.3739
\nWebsite<\/a> || Email<\/a><\/p>\n

National Center for HIV\/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention<\/strong>
\nCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
\n1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, U.S.A.
\nSwitchboard: 404\/639.3311
\nPublic Inquiries: 404\/639.3534 \/ 800\/311.3435
\nhttp:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchhstp\/<\/a><\/p>\n

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases<\/strong>
\nNIAID Office of Communications and Public Liaison
\n6610 Rockledge Drive, MSC 6612
\nBethesda, MD 20892-6612
\nUnited States of America
\nPhone: 301\/496.5717
\nFax: 301\/402.3573
\nhttps:\/\/www.niaid.nih.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n

National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NIDDK)<\/strong>
\n3 Information Way
\nBethesda, MD 20892\u20133580
\nPhone: 1 800\/891.5390
\nFax: 703\/738.4929
\nWebsite<\/a> || Email<\/p>\n

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Organizations Dedicated to Women’s Health Athena Institute https:\/\/www.athenainstitute.com\/ American College of Nurse-Midwives 818 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Ste. 900 Washington, DC 20006 202\/728.9860 or 1-888-MIDWIFE www.acnm.org American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) 409 W. 12th St., SW Washington, DC 20024 202\/638.5577 www.acog.org American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) 1209 Montgomery Hwy. Birmingham, AL 35216-2809 205\/978.5000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-476","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"site-graphic":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"abh2259","author_link":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/mestonlab\/author\/abh2259\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Organizations Dedicated to Women’s Health Athena Institute https:\/\/www.athenainstitute.com\/ American College of Nurse-Midwives 818 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Ste. 900 Washington, DC 20006 202\/728.9860 or 1-888-MIDWIFE www.acnm.org American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) 409 W. 12th St., SW Washington, DC 20024 202\/638.5577 www.acog.org American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) 1209 Montgomery Hwy. Birmingham, AL 35216-2809 205\/978.5000…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/mestonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/mestonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/mestonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/mestonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/mestonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/mestonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6458,"href":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/mestonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions\/6458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/mestonlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}