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Gynecologists Can Now Treat Men, Board Rules
New York Daily News ^ | FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2014

Posted on 01/31/2014 11:21:31 AM PST by nickcarraway

More men can visit ob-gyns for conditions like pelvic pain and low testosterone after the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology did away with a rule that dictated boad-certified docs can only treat women except under very specific circumstances.

A U.S. professional group that certifies obstetricians and gynecologists has loosened a decades-old restriction on its board-certified members treating male patients, after mounting pressure from doctors and researchers.

The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) had previously said members could not treat male patients except in specific circumstances, such as circumcising babies, treating transgendered patients, and helping couples overcome infertility.

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To: Buckeye McFrog
helping couples overcome infertility.

Helping singles overcome turgidity?

41 posted on 01/31/2014 4:43:35 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: nickcarraway

LOL ,oh geez


42 posted on 01/31/2014 6:05:12 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: nickcarraway

This is being driven, in part, by the declining birth rate.


43 posted on 01/31/2014 8:02:26 PM PST by tbw2
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