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Commercial sexual exploitation of children: What can healthcare providers do?
Commercial sexual exploitation of children is a serious public health concern that results in immediate and long-term negative health consequences for affected youth. According to the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act, sex trafficking of a minor does not require the use of fraud, force, or coercion to be deemed illegal.
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Update your treatment of menopausal symptoms
Most menopausal women experience vasomotor symptoms with bothersome symptoms often lasting longer than one decade.
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Options for premenstrual dysphoric disorder
The patient in front of you says she has dealt with depression, marked anxiety, sudden mood shifts, persistent irritability, and bloating. While the symptoms disappear with the onset of her menstrual cycle, when they are present, they are severe enough to interfere with her relationships and work activities. What is your diagnosis?
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Women in the U.S. military are at risk of unintended pregnancy
Results of a recent study indicate the rate of unintended pregnancy among active-duty women in the U.S. military remains higher than that of the general population.
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How to deal with IUD challenges: What are your strategies?
How do you deal with difficult intrauterine device insertions, as well as diagnosis and treatment of infections and pregnancy with an intrauterine device in place? A recent American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists webinar, “LARC Challenges,” looked at these issues.
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FDA panel weighs Essure complaints — How to counsel on options
The Essure method of permanent birth control was the subject of a September 2015 FDA panel meeting held to weigh all evidence following complaints regarding the sterilization option.
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Ultrasound for Dense Breasts — Is It Worth the Cost?
A cost-effectiveness model found that supplemental ultrasound screening after a negative mammogram for women with dense breasts substantially increases costs without yielding significant benefit.
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Concomitant Hysteroscopic Sterilization and Endometrial Ablation: What Are the Risks?
In this retrospective cohort study, women who underwent concomitant hysteroscopic sterilization and endometrial ablation procedures were more likely to have inadequate 3-month hysterosalpingram testing to confirm tubal occlusion.
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Are We on the Threshold of a New Approach to Evaluating Women with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss?
A small retrospective cohort study raises the possibility that advanced genetic techniques can be used to analyze the products of conception in women with recurrent pregnancy loss to identify those most likely to have treatable reasons for their miscarriages.
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Induction of Labor in Patients with Previous Cesarean Sections
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: Great improvements have been made while the fear of litigation ebbs.