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Your next patient is a healthy, fit 45-year-old nonsmoking woman. She says her menstrual periods are now less regular, and she reports having intermittent hot flashes. Newly divorced, she is now sexually active and wonders which contraceptive is right for her. What's your recommendation?
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While women now have more contraceptive options, many still struggle with achieving success with their chosen contraceptive method. What can clinicians do to improve method success?
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The American Public Health Association (APHA) has just issued a policy statement calling for schools of public health, pharmacy, and medicine to include specific education around the adverse impact of douching on reproductive and maternal outcomes.
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Looking at CAD through the PERISCOPE; Addressing Agitation and Aggression in Persons with Advanced Dementia; It Used To Be Easier To Treat Sinusitis; CAC: A kinder, Gentler Way to Predict Cardiovascular Risk; Was Mae West Right? CV Risk Reduction: Too Much of A Good Thing is Wonderful; Midlife Contraception
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Clinicians are becoming more attuned to the many complications of influenza, particularly with the high morbidity and mortality seen with H5N1 strains spreading around the world.
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In This Issue: FDA drug approval to change? Urinary incontinence in women; how metabolism of certain drugs can be predicted by genetic analysis; bowel preps may compromise renal function especially in the elderly according to a new study; FDA Actions.
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Eight hiv-infected patients (mean CD4+ t cell count 622 cells/uL) who had been receiving effective HAART for an average of 8.4 years were included in this study. PBMCs were obtained by leukapheresis and endoscopic terminal ileum biopsies were performed to obtain samples of Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (GALT).
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In 1985, the newly fda-approved antimicrobial agent, Primaxin® (imipenem/cilastatin), introduced a new class of drugs known as carbapenems. This new class provided benefits as well as unwanted side effects. Carbapenems work similarly to other â-lactam antibiotics, but with substantially broader-spectrum of activity and better penetration into bacterial cell walls to prevent synthesis.
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Trauma in wartime is especially high risk given the nature of the injuries, the high risk of infection, and the limited access to optimal medical care.
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