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American Cancer Society’s shift adds confusion on breast screening
The New Year might bring more changes when it comes to breast cancer screening recommendations. A January 2016 consensus conference, called by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, will bring together major organizations and women’s healthcare providers to evaluate and interpret available data and to develop uniform national guidelines on breast cancer screening.
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Overview of respondents and responses to annual CTU Salary Survey
About 54% of the 2015 Contraceptive Technology Update Salary Survey respondents identified themselves as nurse practitioners, with about 17% of survey respondents identifying themselves as registered nurses, and about 4% identifying themselves as nurse-midwives.
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Reproductive health clinicians report slight salary gains in midst of staffing cuts
Those in the family planning and reproductive health field who survived staffing cuts were able to garner slight increases in pay, according to results of the 2015 Contraceptive Technology Update annual salary survey.
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Immediate Postpartum IUD Insertion: Ready for Prime Time?
It is no secret that long-acting reversible contraception, such as intrauterine devices and implants, are among the most effective methods.
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Screening for Fetal Chromosome Abnormalities: What Combination Makes the Most Sense?
Recent studies using data from the California Prenatal Screening Program show that standard screening protocols, which combine first trimester ultrasound and biochemistry with second trimester biochemistry, has a very acceptable detection rate and outperforms NIPT in cost-effectiveness in low-risk patients.
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Urinary Urge Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Pelvic floor physical therapy with myofascial release techniques improves urinary symptoms and provides an alternate option to medications and more invasive therapies.
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Should Postmenopausal Women Be Encouraged to Take Calcium?
A systematic review of randomized, controlled trials of calcium supplementation found only small non-progressive increases in bone mineral density. This supports the clinical conclusion that supplementation alone is insufficient to prevent fracture risk.
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Should We Remove Every Woman’s Fallopian Tubes?
This article discusses the role of salpingectomy for the prevention of ovarian and fallopian tube cancer.
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Results in your hand: Scientists develop hand-held chlamydia test
Researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University are testing a low-cost diagnostic tool that detects chlamydia within 30 minutes. The tool, tentatively called mobiLab, is made of a disposable cartridge for a genital swab sample and a heating unit that incubates the DNA to facilitate a reaction.
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Young men who have sex with men have highest HIV infection risk — Just 1 in 5 is tested
Young men who have sex with men have the highest risk for HIV infection, but only one in five has ever been tested for HIV, according to new research.