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Long-term Mortality Among Adults with Asthma
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Reducing Stroke Risk After TIA or Minor Ischemic Stroke
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Psychological Disorders: How to Give Patients What They Want and What They Need
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Once-daily Tadalafil for ED: Efficacy and Safety
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CDC: Give Immediate Antivirals to High Risk Patients with Flu Symptoms
Emergency physicians might opt to prescribe antivirals to any patient with the flu, but high-risk patients definitely should receive them, according to public health officials.
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Use of Cervical Length and Fetal Fibronectin in Preterm Labor
SYNOPSIS: A large 10-center study has validated the concept of screening all patients who are presenting with preterm contractions in the third trimester with cervical length examinations by transvaginal sonography and using fetal fibronectin selectively only in those with cervical lengths between 1.5 and 3.0 cm.
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Does Single or Double Insemination During Ovulation Induction Cycle Increase Pregnancy Rates?
Synopsis: Performing intrauterine insemination with the use of donor sperm twice during a natural or stimulated ovulation induction cycle did not increase pregnancy rates over a single insemination.
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Swedish Case-control Study Sees Increase in DVT Risk with DMPA: Is This Real?
Synopsis: A large case-control study done in Sweden that evaluated thromboembolic complications in users of hormonal contraception found an increased risk in users of depomedroxyprogesterone acetate and the combined pill. Desogestrel-containing oral contraceptives showed an increase in risk relative to levonorgestrel pills.
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Preventing Pertussis: Are Your Patients and Their Families Cocooning
SYNOPSIS: Prior vaccination of both parents with Tdap (¡°cocooning¡±) protects newborn infants from contracting pertussis. -
2011 Salary Survey Results: Family planning salaries hold fast — Where will 2012 take employment levels?
Good news: In a year when reports of financial downturns have dominated the headlines, results of the Contraceptive Technology Update 2011 Salary Survey reflect a holding pattern in salary levels.