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The options in birth control might be set to expand: Watson Pharmaceuticals of Corona, CA, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement to commercialize the Population Council's investigational contraceptive vaginal ring in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
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What is your facility's protocol when it comes to testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)? It probably involves patient testing, with treatment provided after test results are completed.
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has published a new review of data supporting the noncontraceptive uses of hormonal contraceptives to treat specific conditions.
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Even in people who had never smoked cigarettes, pipe and cigar smoking was associated with decreased lung function and increased odds of airflow obstruction.
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Staging of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is based primarily upon estimated GFR. Proteinuria (PRO) is a strong marker for kidney disease, yet its severity is not included in current risk stratification schemes, which are instead driven by GFR.
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For women with suspected urinary tract infection, there is no advantage to routinely sending midstream urine samples for testing; antibiotics based on dipstick tests with a delayed prescription as backup, or empirical delayed prescription, can help to reduce antibiotic use.
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Nonspecific chest pain is a persistent illness and patients with it are subject to overly extensive work-ups.
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The FDA has approved a potassium channel blocker to improve walking in adults with multiple sclerosis.
