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Preparation for the Next Pregnancy
This special feature addresses ways a woman can optimize outcomes in her next pregnancy by following specific preparatory activities during her interpregnancy interval.
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Contraception: More Effective Than Ever?
A new analysis from the National Survey of Family Growth demonstrates a decrease from 12% in 2002 to 10% in 2006-2010 in the overall rate of failure among women using reversible methods of contraception.
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Nocturnal Enuresis: Are Your Patients Affected?
Nocturnal enuresis was prevalent in women seen in a urogynecology setting and can be associated with nocturia, overactive bladder symptoms, and stress incontinence.
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FDA Actions
In this section: The agency approves exciting new treatment for multiple sclerosis, green lights an injection for atopic dermatitis, gives the go ahead to an add-on treatment for Parkinson's disease, and signs off on a drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Vitamin D and Cancer Rates in Postmenopausal Women
Investigators determined vitamin D plus calcium did not reduce cancer rates significantly, but more research is needed.
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Sciatica Drug Demonstrates Little Efficacy
The authors of a recent study concluded that treatment with pregabalin did not reduce the intensity of leg pain associated with sciatica significantly nor did it improve other outcomes significantly.
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Study Shows Risks of Discontinuing Therapy in Venous Thromboembolism Patients
Patients with venous thromboembolism, which includes deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, are at risk for recurrence after discontinuing therapy, even if the event was unprovoked.
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Choices in Addressing Postprandial Glucose Elevations
The philosophy of 'fix the fasting first' seems both physiologically and functionally sound when initially addressing elevated A1c levels.
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What Is ‘Syndemics’?
Hopefully, as policymakers become more aware of the wisdom of addressing public health issues from the perspective of syndemics, improved outcomes will occur.
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What if COPD Exacerbation Was Pulmonary Embolism?
One hopes that awareness of pulmonary embolism as a cause of COPD exacerbations will be considered more routinely.