Journal of Women's Health Named Official Journal of Americal Medical Women's Association

PR Log (Press Release) – Apr 14, 2008 – Contact: Vicki Cohn, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., (914) 740-2100, ext. 2156, vcohn@liebertpub.com

Journal of Women’s Health Named Official Journal of American Medical Women’s Association

New Rochelle, NY — The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), an organization devoted to the advancement of women in medicine and the improvement of women's health, has named Journal of Women’s Health (http://www.liebertpub.com/jwh) as its official journal. Journal of Women’s Health is a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc (http://www.liebertpub.com).

   “We are proud to announce our affiliation with Journal of Women’s Health,” says Claudia S. Morrissey, MD, MPH, President of AMWA (http://www.amwa-doc.org). “Journal of Women’s Health is a natural fit for AMWA and serves our ever-widening community.”

   "We are very pleased that AMWA has selected JWH as its official journal, and we welcome the contributions of AMWA members," says Susan G. Kornstein, MD, Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women’s Health, in Richmond, VA.

   Journal of Women’s Health (www.liebertpub.com/jwh) is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or are more prevalent among women, as well as diseases that present differently in women. The Journal covers the latest advances and clinical applications of new diagnostic procedures and therapeutic protocols for the prevention and management of women’s healthcare issues.

   Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., is a privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in many promising areas of science and biomedical research including Obesity Management, Breastfeeding Medicine, Thyroid, Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, and Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics. Its biotechnology trade magazine, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), was the first in its field and is today the industry’s most widely publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm’s 60 journals, books and newsmagazines is available online.

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