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Intrauterine contraception is safe and effective, but many clinicians continue to exclude it from their list of contraceptive options.
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When payday rolls around in your office, are envelopes met with grins or grimaces? For providers in family planning, 2007 proved to bring fewer smiles on the salary scene.
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Good news: Recent research indicates that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil (Merck & Co.; Whitehouse Station, NJ) also provides about 40% cross-protection against other common oncogenic strains of HPV, in addition to its established strains.
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The richer nations of the world have stepped up their collective response to the global AIDS pandemic, with the number of HIV-positive people in low- and middle-income countries receiving treatment increasing from 400,000 to 2 million between 2003 and 2006.
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Circle the calendar now for the annual Contraceptive Technology conference. Sessions will be held March 6-8, 2008, in Boston, and April 3-5, 2008, in San Francisco.
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Benefits of Coronary Prevention: WOSCOPS; Topiramate for Alcohol Dependence; Job Strain and Recurrent CHD; Sexual Dysfunction in Women with Metabolic Syndrome: Nutrition Intervention; Confirming the Diagnosis of Premature Ejaculation; A Possible Relationship Between CAD and Colonic CA
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Micafungin at doses of both 100 mg and 150 mg daily was non-inferior to caspofungin in the treatment of invasive candidiasis and there was no significant difference in outcomes when the two doses of micafungin were compared.
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A retrospective cohort study of culture-negative (CN) prosthetic joint infection (PJI) was performed on patients who underwent total hip or total knee arthroplasty at Mayo Clinic from 1990-1999.
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In June, 2006, the FDA licensed the first human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) to prevent cervical cancer and other HPV-associated cancers: vaginal, urethral, and oral tumors. Is this yet another travel vaccine for our patients?
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A military serviceman stationed in Hawaii, presented to base with intense pruritus, restlessness, dyspnea, and progressive paresthesias, with burning skin discomfort.
