Contraceptive Technology Update – May 1, 2010
May 1, 2010
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Point-of-care tests eyed in stemming rise in STDs
What is your facility's protocol when it comes to testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)? It probably involves patient testing, with treatment provided after test results are completed. -
Hormonal birth control: more than contraception
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has published a new review of data supporting the noncontraceptive uses of hormonal contraceptives to treat specific conditions. -
Options might expand with vaginal rings
The options in birth control might be set to expand: Watson Pharmaceuticals of Corona, CA, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement to commercialize the Population Council's investigational contraceptive vaginal ring in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. -
U.S. research update: Herpes rates remain high
The test results are in: Your patient tests positive for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). What is your next step? -
Women at risk for HIV: What is on the horizon?
In the United States, women and teen girls accounted for more than one-fourth of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2007 and more than 93,900 cumulative deaths from AIDS. -
Check your approach in taking sexual history
Learn to be more specific in your sexual health history taking. Results of a new study from the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University in Bloomington indicate that no uniform consensus exists when the term "had sex" is used.