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Is use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA, Depo-Provera, Pfizer, New York City) linked to risk of toxic shock syndrome? Contraceptive Technology Update Editorial Advisory Board member Felicia Stewart, MD, adjunct professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California San Francisco and co-director of the Center for Reproductive Health Research & Policy, tackles this question.
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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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By Barbara A. Phillips, MD, MSPH
Professor of Medicine, University of Kentucky; Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, KY Dr. Phillips serves on the speakers bureau of Cephalon, Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck, ResMed, and GlaxoSmithKline and is a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim, Wyeth-Ayerst, and ResMed.
Synopsis: There was no overall effect of 100 mg aspirin every other day on total cancer among nearly 40,000 women randomized to aspirin or placebo and followed for an average of 10 years.
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Vitamin E and Donepezil for the Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment
Foot Small Muscle Atrophy Before the Detection of Clinical Neuropathy
Statins and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer
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By Harold L. Karpman, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine Dr. Karpman reports no financial relationship to this field of study.
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By Norm Latov, MD
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience and Director of the Peripheral Neuropathy Center at Weill Medical College at Cornell University. Dr. Latov is a consultant for Quest Diagnostics and Talecris Inc., is a stockholder of Therapath LLC, and has royalties in Athena Diagnostics.
Synopsis: The availability of sensitive and reproducible measures of autonomic function has improved physicians ability to diagnose these disorders.
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By William T. Elliott, MD, FACP, and James Chan, PhD, PharmD
Dr. Elliott is Chair, Formulary Committee, Northern California Kaiser Permanente; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Dr. Chan is Pharmacy Quality and Outcomes Manager, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA. Drs. Chan and Elliott report no financial relationships to this field of study.
