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[This is the second part of a two-part series on electronic media resources. Last month we discussed the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center's Youth Social Marketing Toolkit.]
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With drug manufacturers retreating in recent years from voluntary discounts to family planning and other public clinics, providers increasingly rely on federally mandated discounts.
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Several descriptive phrases are now being coined when family planning providers discuss such highly effective reversible methods as intrauterine contraception (ParaGard Copper T 380A intrauterine device, Duramed Pharmaceuticals, and the Mirena levonorgestrel intrauterine system, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals) and the contraceptive implant (Implanon, Schering-Plough Corp.).
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An analysis presented at the 2010 National STD Prevention Conference gives a chilling look at impact of HIV and syphilis among U.S. gay and bisexual men.
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An approach designed to reduce HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in adolescents previously used exclusively by academic researchers now has been shown to be successfully implemented by community-based organizations (CBOs).
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The value of restoring and maintaining sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation remains controversial.
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The ACC/AHA guidelines give a class ii b recommendation for surgery in asymptomatic patients if aortic stenosis is very severe (area < 0.6 cm2) and operation risk is low. However, the outcome of this approach vs. following patients until symptoms or left ventricular dysfunction occurs has not been tested.
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Atrial septal defects (ASD) are among the most common congenital heart defect found in the adult population. Although they are often diagnosed and treated in childhood or infancy, some patients survive into adulthood with unrepaired ASDs.
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Sudden cardiac death is a feared complication of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Therapies to reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death have included implantable defibrillators and surgical- and catheter-based approaches to reduce obstruction by septal reduction.
