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A patient tells you she heard a news story that said that oral contraceptives (OCs) have lasting effect on hormone levels, dulling a womans sexual desire. What is your response?
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Start making plans for the 2006 National Womens Health Week Celebration, May 14-20.
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While senior citizens may be wise in many subjects, when it comes to knowledge of HIV risk, they may be operating in the dark. Results of a survey of women ages 50 and older indicate seniors have limited knowledge when it comes to sexual transmission of HIV.
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When it comes to weight, patients may discontinue use of hormonal contraception if extra pounds are encountered. Can the method be the culprit?
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You deliver some bad news to your next patient, a 16-year-old student: She has a chlamydia infection. She then asks, What is chlamydia?
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This promises to be a rocky year for federal family planning policy with potentially serious implications for the millions of low-income women who rely on Medicaid, Title X of the Public Health Service Act, and other federal programs for their family planning care.
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New figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that despite an approximate 5% annual decline in the 2001-2004 rate of diagnoses among African Americans, the epidemic continues to make a severe impact on that ethnic group.
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Circle May 26-June 1 for the 51st annual meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. Sessions will include a primary care update, a workshop on endometrial biopsy indications and techniques, and information on advanced billing and coding.
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In the January issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology an article from Japan appeared that will shed new light on the practice of using cerclage in patients with short cervices. Over a 5-year period 16,508 had transvaginal ultrasound evaluations between 20-24 weeks.
