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Management of your patients’ menopause — Is your care on the right track?
By 2020, more than 50 million U.S. women will be older than 51, the mean age when menopause occurs. Despite the availability of effective hormonal and nonhormonal treatments for menopausal symptoms, few women with menopausal symptoms are evaluated or treated, reports a new scientific perspective.
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Teen dating violence: Why you should screen
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among high school students who date, 21% of females and 10% of males experience physical and/or sexual dating violence. -
Food and Drug Administration takes steps to ensure safety of Essure
The Food and Drug Administration has taken steps to ensure the safety of the Essure method of permanent birth control. The agency has issued a new, mandatory clinical study to determine heightened risks for particular women.
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2 studies show monthly vaginal ring protects women against HIV
Results presented at the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections from two large Phase III clinical trials suggest that a monthly vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug dapivirine (and no contraceptives) can safely help prevent HIV-1 infection in women.
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Program offers tools, training for more ethical end-of-life care
Patients whose clinicians were trained in the use of a Serious Illness Conversation Guide were much more likely to have more comprehensive documentation in the electronic medical record of their goals, values and priorities.
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Cost-saving effect of palliative care larger for patients with comorbidities
Cost savings linked to palliative care consultations were greater for adults with advanced cancer with higher numbers of comorbidities, according to a recent study.
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Do substance abusers have capacity to consent to participate in research?
When researchers assessed the capacity of addicted individuals to provide consent to research, they found that about two-thirds of participants had decisional capacity.
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New data on moral distress in the ED
ED nurses participating in focus groups described a profound feeling of not being able to provide patient care as they wanted, a recent study reported.
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Is family “waiting for a miracle,” yet aggressive care is inappropriate?
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on the role of chaplains in the hospital setting. In this story, we explore how chaplains can help to resolve conflicts over whether to withdraw life-sustaining interventions. Next month, we’ll report on how chaplains and ethicists can work together to ensure ethical care.
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The Highs and the Lows
The US has more than double the number of ICU admissions of other countries but has fewer in-hospital deaths.