Poor women and African Americans with ovarian cancer are less likely to receive the highest standards of care, leading to worse outcomes than among white and affluent patients, according to a study of 50,000 women presented by UC Irvine’s Dr. Robert Bristow at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s recent annual meeting. “Not all women are [...]
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UC Irvine’s Dr. Porto comments on midwife case
May 12, 2011 – 2:31 pm
IN THE NEWS: ABC News cited Dr. Manuel Porto in a report about a Virginia midwife who was prosecuted in the death of an infant whose head became entrapped for more than 20 minutes during a delivery. Porto, chairman of UC Irvine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, said surgical intervention would likely be necessary in this [...]