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Reaching teens with up-to-date information is an important part of providing family planning and sexually transmitted disease (STD) counseling. Consider these web sites:
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Rewind to 1998: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launches its plan to eliminate syphilis in the United States, with the goals of reducing the total number of primary and secondary syphilis cases to 1,000 or fewer 0.4 cases per 100,000 people and increasing the number of syphilis-free counties to 90% by 2005.
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Ready to update your knowledge on family planning issues and network with fellow clinicians? Take advantage of upcoming fall conferences, all aimed at family planning providers.
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This prospective study recruited 20 healthy, HIV-uninfected subjects to receive a 6-week course of either stavudine (d4T) plus lamivudine (3TC) or zidovudine (ZDV) plus lamivudine.
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended that the new acellular pertussis vaccine be routinely administered to all 11 and 12-year-olds as part of routine preventative care.
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A population-based, case-control study was performed on children 4-13 years of age with an initial diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette syndrome (TS), or tic disorder during 1992-1999.
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Malaria was reported to the cdc to have occurred in 1278 individuals in the United States in 2003, a 4.4% decrease from 2002. Seven cases were fatal.
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Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) are the most frequent bacterial infections in women, as evidenced by lifetime risks in excess of 50%.
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