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Understanding sexual behavior is an important piece of the family planning puzzle, and a new national report provides insights on current sexual practices.1
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A year after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved behind-the-counter status for the emergency contraceptive (EC) pill Plan B (Barr Pharmaceuticals; Pomona, NY) is the drug more available to women? While the company says sales have increased from about $40 million annually to an expected $80 million for 2007, availability is mixed, according to reports around the country.
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The next patient in your exam room is an 18-year-old female. What do you think she knows about intrauterine contraception?
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To obtain up-to-the-minute education on intrauterine contraception, attend A Clinical Update on Intrauterine Contraception continuing medical education program organized by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP).
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Take that vision and expand it a thousandfold, as evidenced by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's new NYC Condom.
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When the Solucient 100 Top Hospitals were announced this year, Danbury (CT) Hospital was on the list for the third year in a row. Hospital leaders say that for patients, this means a higher survival rate in certain medical procedures, fewer complications, better safety, and shorter lengths of stay.
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Millions of dollars and several hundred thousand lives could be saved if more hospitals followed a simple best practice the swallow test for stroke victims, assert researchers in a new study in the journal Neurology.1 Aspiration, note medical experts, in the main pneumonia risk is stroke patients.
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The 2008 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs), recently published by The Joint Commission, contain two new goals, both of which have significant implications for hospital quality managers. The first, Goal 3E, states: "Reduce the likelihood of patient harm associated with the use of anticoagulation therapy."
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This issue is the second part of a discussion of hand and wrist injuries. The complexity of the anatomy and the variation of injuries provides an explanation of why so many injuries are initially missed.
