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Your next patient is a 35-year-old mother of three and has a body mass index of 36. She says she is interested in permanent birth control. What are her options?
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While running for president in 2000, then-Republican candidate George W. Bush promised that his answer to the problem of teenage pregnancy would be to dramatically increase federal funding for abstinence-only education. Sure enough, President Bush has made good on that pledge.
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How can homeless youth be reached with services for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)? New research indicates good results can be achieved through field-based STD testing, field-delivered therapy, and patient-delivered partner therapy.
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Oral appliances are effective in the treatment of snoring and mild-to-moderate sleep apnea.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the community was the cause of the majority of skin and soft tissue infections, and was predominantly of one strain different from MRSA of hospital origin.
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Exercise capacity and fitness measurements have been successfully used to predict cardiovascular and total mortality in middle-aged adults.
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Most exacerbations of asthma are related to viral infection; Erectile dysfunction (ed) most commonly reflects endothelial dysfunction; and the relationship between iron status and hair loss is complex.
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No evidence was found to indicate that people with self-reported sensitivity to mobile phone signals are able to detect such signals or that they react to them with increased symptom severity.
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A new agent with a unique mechanism of action has been approved for the treatment of chronic constipation.
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Overall, clopidogrel plus aspirin was not significantly more effective than aspirin alone in reducing the rate of myocardial infarction, stroke, or death from cardiovascular disease.
