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When you scan your next chart, it gives the medical history of a 19-year-old woman who has been sexually active with multiple partners and inconsistently uses condoms. She reports a painful or burning sensation when urinating and increased vaginal discharge. What is your next move?
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When you review immunization schedules with your adolescent patients this year, will a vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) be added to your discussion list? While no vaccine has yet been approved, recent scientific advances signal that such a vaccine soon may become a reality.
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The 2006 STD Prevention Conference, Beyond The Hidden Epidemic: Evolution or Revolution? will be held May 8-11, 2006, at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville (FL) Riverfront.
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The long road toward a woman-controlled form of prevention against HIV infection may have just gotten a little shorter with the recent agreement by two major drug companies to license promising compounds at no charge for microbicide development to a nonprofit group.
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Intrauterine contraception may see a wider audience in the United States with a major pharmaceutical companys acquisition of the manufacturer of the ParaGard TCu 380A intrauterine device (IUD).
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Your next patient is a young mother who just gave birth to a healthy infant eight weeks ago. She is breast-feeding her baby and wants to use a safe method of contraception that will not affect her milk supply. What option will she choose?
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The woman sitting in front of you tells you that she has been experiencing abdominal pain, abdominal swelling, gastrointestinal symptoms, and pelvic pain. What is your next move?
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In reviewing patient files from the last month, how many chlamydia tests were performed at your facility, and how many yielded positive results? If your clinic is seeing an increase in screens, as well as a higher incidence of infection, you are part of a larger nationwide trend.
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Is your family planning facility seeing more women who are HIV-positive? Statistics point to a yes. In 2003, women accounted for 27% of the estimated 32,048 diagnoses of HIV infection in the United States, according to statistics from the Atlanta-based Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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When discussing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) with your patients, what do you tell them about human papillomavirus (HPV)? Exposure to HPV can have significant health implications, particularly for women. Some strains of the virus, including HPV-16 and HPV-18, can trigger cancers of the cervix.
