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In reviewing the chart for your next patient, you note that she is a 28-year-old woman with epilepsy. What information do you need to provide her when it comes to contraceptive choices? Many family planning clinicians encounter this scenario. Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic health conditions affecting reproductive-age women.
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Consider these facts: Women are the fastest-growing group in the United States with newly diagnosed HIV, and last year, an estimated 6,000-7,000 women with HIV gave birth.
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Vlachopoulos et al studied 17 healthy non-smoking adults (mean age 29), who were free from vasculopathies such as diabetes, hyperlipidemia, or family history of premature vascular disease.
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Legro and colleagues followed 71 women with polycystic ovary syndrome and 23 normal women with regular menses for 2 to 3 years. Impaired glucose tolerance increased in prevalence during the follow-up period in the women with polycystic ovaries, from 37% with impaired tolerance and 10% with type 2 diabetes mellitus at baseline to 45% and 15%, respectively.
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Golden and colleagues compared alendronate treatment (10 mg daily) with placebo in a randomized clinical trial, in 32 female adolescents with anorexia nervosa. In addition, every participant was supplemented with calcium and vitamin D.
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This is a prospective trial in which the levonorgestrel-releasing IUD was used in 16 patients who had an inherited bleeding disorder including 13 with von Willebrands disease and 2 with factor XI deficiency. No pelvic pathology was identified in any patient.
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It has been well documented that women diagnosed with low malignant potential (LMP) tumors have an excellent prognosis with few recurrences identified in those undergoing definitive resection.
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Schizophrenia is a common form of severe mental illness characterized by disordered thoughts processes, hallucinations, delusions, and social withdrawal. The cause has been attributed to many factors, including obstetrical complications, season of birth, maternal stress, prenatal viral exposure, and poor maternal nutrition.
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There is a strong tendency today to continue to hospitalize patients diagnosed to have arrested preterm labor.
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