UAB Women and Infants Services Launches Consumer-Friendly Web Site

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Women and Infants Services has launched a new consumer-friendly Web site, www.uabmedicine.org/women, in anticipation of the early 2010 opening of the new UAB Women & Infants Center.

December 16, 2009

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Women and Infants Services has launched a new consumer-friendly Web site, www.uabmedicine.org/women, in anticipation of the early 2010 opening of the new UAB Women & Infants Center.

The new site is an online resource for women who want to learn more about their health. It contains a Women's Health Answers section that provides answers to questions women have about their health, including a Personal Health Form and a Care Chart to help guide women in their efforts to stay healthy. It also contains a comprehensive library of articles, videos and podcasts on a wide range of women's health-related topics in the Women's Health Center library. And for women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant, the Pregnancy Health Center library has information on having a healthy pregnancy, as well as infertility and high-risk pregnancies.

Users also can register and select the topics in which they are most interested and receive monthly e-newsletters. Registered users also will receive breaking UAB news about their selected topics.

The new Web site also highlights the comprehensive set of services that UAB offers for women in every stage of life. These services include:

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology: This private practice within the UAB Division of Women's Reproductive Healthcare offers comprehensive women's health care ranging from routine to complex concerns.
  • High-Risk Pregnancy: The UAB Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine is one of the nation's top programs of its kind, providing high-risk obstetric care with the most advanced diagnostic services and treatments for women with special pregnancy concerns, including advanced age, multiple fetuses, diabetes, complicated pregnancy history or other medical conditions.
  • Infertility: The UAB Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility is staffed by a team of highly trained medical experts and provides the least intrusive and most advanced infertility treatments available, including a cancer and fertility-preservation program.
  • Menopause, Hormonal Disorders and Osteoporosis: The UAB Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility also provides treatment for hormonal disorders such as irregular menstrual bleeding, excessive hair growth, osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment, hormone-replacement therapy and puberty and menopause concerns.
  • Urogynecology: The UAB Division of Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery is Alabama's leader in the field of urogynecology. These physicians provide professional, sensitive care for women with incontinence and pelvic floor disorders and offer the latest, highly effective non-surgical and surgical approaches to treatment.
  • Gynecologic Cancer: The UAB Division of Gynecologic Oncology is a multidisciplinary team that provides comprehensive, compassionate care for women with gynecologic cancers. UAB physicians assist women with the physical and emotional challenges associated with gynecologic cancer and design treatment plans customized to individual needs with state-of-the-art technology.
  • Newborn Care: UAB Obstetrics and Gynecology medical staff work closely with the UAB Division of General Pediatrics to provide care for more than 4,000 newborns in the well-baby nursery each year.
  • Newborn Intensive Care: The UAB Division of Pediatric Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine provides world-class comprehensive care for pre-term babies and newborns with illnesses, including respiratory distress syndrome, neonatal infections, persistent pulmonary hypertension and more. The division combines state-of-the-art technology and a compassionate, knowledgeable and skilled neonatal care team to provide, in conjunction with The Children's Hospital of Alabama, the most advanced and comprehensive neonatal services in Alabama in the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (RNICU). In addition to babies in need of this care who are born at UAB, the RNICU also accepts referrals of the smallest and sickest babies throughout Alabama, the nation and abroad.

About the UAB Health System

The UAB Health System includes all of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's patient-care activities, including UAB Hospital, the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital and The Kirklin Clinic. UAB is the state of Alabama's largest employer and an internationally renowned research university and academic health center and its professional schools and specialty patient-care programs consistently are ranked among the nation's top 50; find more information at www.uab.edu and www.uabmedicine.org.