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The last time your teen-age male patient came to the adolescent clinic, he left with a bag of male condoms. However, when he returns to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), he tells you he hasn't used the condoms. Why?
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Sexuality is a normal part of adolescent development. Though sexual behaviors can lead to adverse reproductive health outcomes, most adolescents will become sexually active during their teen-age years, which makes interventions that promote or enhance sexual health in adolescents increasingly important.
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As a clinician who counsels on contraceptive choice, how can you determine if a woman is a likely candidate for the contraceptive vaginal ring (NuvaRing, Merck & Co., Whitehouse Station, NJ)? New research suggests that young women who report tampon use are more likely to choose the contraceptive vaginal ring over oral contraceptives as their initial birth control method.
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Trichomoniasis is the most common curable sexually transmitted disease (STD) in young, sexually active women. An estimated 7.4 million new cases occur each year in women and men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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[Editor's note: Look to the July 2010 issue for the second of this two-part series for information on SWAP, an online database developed by the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center.]
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Health care clinicians and organizations likely will find that the new health care reform bill's positive features outweigh its drawbacks, experts say.
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Examining the three arms of the ACCORD trial; and FDA Actions: clopidogrel, dexlansoprazole, and tamsulosin.
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Spinal cord sarcoidosis is difficult to diagnose and may be confused with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica. Treatment response is variable.
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain may be a promising new therapy for the treatment of chronic tinnitus.
