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Good news for family planning providers: Salary levels are reflecting a modest increase in 2004, according to the results of the annual Contraceptive Technology Update salary survey. The survey was mailed in July 2004 to 1,247 subscribers and had a response of 229, for a response rate of 18.36%.
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The increasing federal investment in abstinence-only education is one of the more notable social policy trends of the past decade. Programs must exclusively promote abstinence and therefore cannot discuss the positive benefits of contraception or condoms, because doing so would purportedly undermine the abstinence message.
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What do you cover when you conduct a teens first gynecologic exam? Understand that an adolescents initial visit may not necessarily include a pelvic examination or a Pap test, but that it should cover a wide spectrum of issues facing a young woman of reproductive age.
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Adolescents and their parents may have become confused on when to schedule a teens first gynecologic exam when updated cervical cancer screening guidelines were issued in November 2002 by the Atlanta-based American Cancer Society. The 2002 guidelines called for Pap tests beginning either at age 21 or three years after a woman first has sexual intercourse; previous recommendations advised an initial Pap screen shortly after first intercourse or by age 18, whichever occurred first.
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The FDA has approved a new drug for the management of alcohol dependence.
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Studies on HCV infection resolution show that PBMC HCV-RNA may remain, despite clearance of the virus from plasma.
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Headaches commonly attributed to sinus are very likely to be migraines.
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A new and as yet unpublished study has raised increased concern about the relationship between rofecoxib (Vioxx), Mercks blockbuster COX-2 inhibitor, and cardiovascular events.
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The ECG in the Figure was obtained from a 23-year-old male who presented with a several day history of atypical chest pain. His ECG was interpreted as consistent with an early repolarization variant. Should anything else be considered in the differential?
