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Review the number of patients who were screened and treated for chlamydia at your facility in the last two weeks. What if their infection could have been prevented by vaccine?
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If your practice includes women ages 50 and older, be sure to remind them to be screened for colorectal cancer, advises the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
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Good news on the research front: Results from a major study indicate that treating genital herpes may help keep the AIDS virus under control in women with both infections and may reduce the spread of HIV as well.
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When you prescribe the contraceptive vaginal ring (NuvaRing, Organon; West Orange, NJ), you instruct the patient that the ring is worn for three weeks, then is removed for a one-week ring-free period. When the ring-free period is completed, a new ring must be used. But what if there was a ring that could be used for more than a three-week period?
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Women may have another choice in emergency contraception (EC) if a current multi-site trial of a potential candidate proves successful. HRA Pharma of Paris, France, has initiated a pivotal multicenter Phase III study to evaluate its proprietary second-generation emergency contraceptive.
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About one in four U.S. females between the ages of 14 and 59 may have human papillomavirus (HPV), according to results of the first national estimate of the infection.
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How many men enter the doors of your family planning clinic, and what services can you offer them outside of free condoms? Consider vasectomy: It is simpler, safer, less expensive, and as effective as the currently available methods of female sterilization, according to Contraceptive Technology.
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Treatment of Periodontitis and Endothelial Function; Does Cost-Conscious Prescribing Hamper Clinical Outcomes?; Induction of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococci; Pulse Pressure and Risk of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation; Challenges to the Stages of Grief Theory; EKG Abnormalities in Asymptomatic Women: Association with CV Events
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The clinical presentation of PLS and ALS are similar, and it may be difficult to distinguish them early in the course.
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Surgery for frontal lobe epilepsy can be very effective in patients with a localized ictal onset zone, focal MRI abnormalities, nocturnal epilepsy and complete resection of the epileptic zone and/or imaging abnormality.
