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Get up to Speed in Addressing Urinary Tract Infections
Research presented at the 2017 annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America indicates that women at risk of urinary tract infection (UTI) who increased their water intake by drinking an additional three pints of water a day were almost half as likely to get infections as women who did not.
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Prevalence of HSV-2 Is Falling, Data Show
Two of the most common viruses, herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), are steadily declining in the U.S. population.
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No Link Found Between Progestin-only Birth Control Methods and Depression
Results of a new review of all available data indicate no evidence to support a link between progestin-only birth control and depression.
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Programs Aim to Make LARC a Choice for Women
The success of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project in removing financial barriers to contraception, promoting the most effective methods of birth control, and reducing unintended pregnancy is no longer an isolated event.
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Report: Many At-risk Americans Aren’t Seeking Cholesterol Control
Investigators uncover striking gap between awareness and treatment.
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Research Links Depression to Atrial Fibrillation
More evidence demonstrates that mental health and heart health are closely related.
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Wound Care Management
Primary care physicians usually can care for minor wounds in their offices. This article highlights key elements in first-line management.
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Into the Gray: Local IRBs Must Define Research
It’s only fitting, with the revised Common Rule in limbo, that there should remain some uncertainty about what constitutes human research — and what doesn’t.
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A Twist in the Use of Spices: Prebiotic Effect
SYNOPSIS: Seven spices were found to contain numerous antioxidant phytochemicals and have an overall, but variable, prebiotic effect on 88 known species of microbiome bacteria.
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Five Years in the Making, FDA Issues Final Rule on Data and Devices
The FDA issued a final rule, effective Feb. 21, 2019, to revise regulations about accepting data from clinical studies involving medical devices.