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Deaths From Ovarian Cancer Fall Worldwide Due to Oral Contraceptive Use, Data Show

Deaths from ovarian cancer fell worldwide between 2002 and 2012 and are predicted to continue to decline through 2020 in the United States, European Union, and, to a lesser extent, in Japan, according to newly published research. The primary reason is the use of oral contraceptives and the long-term protection against ovarian cancer that they provide, say researchers.

LARC Options Expand With New Intrauterine Device

Family planning clinicians are adding another choice to the expanding list of long-acting reversible contraceptive options with the September 2016 FDA approval of the Kyleena 19.5 mg levonorgestrel IUD from Whippany, NJ-based Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. The new IUD is available as of October 2016 by prescription only.

What If Beats 5 and 8 Had Children?

The easiest way to approach the interpretation of more challenging arrhythmias such as this one is to begin with the part of the tracing that is most evident and save the most difficult part for last.

Clinical Briefs

In this section: water aerobics for overweight and hypertensive women; topicals for atopic dermatitis; removing ticks successfully.

Etanercept-szzs Injection (Erelzi)

Etanercept-szzs is indicated for moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis, moderate to severe active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, active ankylosing spondylitis, and chronic moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Calcium Supplementation and Increased Dementia Risk

In this five-year observational study, women who were taking calcium supplementation and who presented with pre-existing cerebrovascular disease were at higher risk of dementia than women not taking extra calcium.

Screening for Coronary Artery Disease Is Underused in Heart Failure

In a large retrospective cohort of patients hospitalized for new-onset heart failure, the majority did not receive testing for ischemic heart disease.

How Much More Physical Activity Helps Patients Avoid Chronic Diseases?

Higher levels of total physical activity are strongly associated with lower risk of five common chronic diseases: breast and bowel cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.

Managing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Part 1

MONOGRAPH: Covering sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors, incretin-based therapies, amylin analog, and dopamine receptor agonists.

Leading Causes of CAM Nondisclosure

More than 40% of patients report nondisclosure of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM; also known as integrative medicine treatments) to their primary care physicians. They cite failure of physicians to initiate conversation on CAM, coupled with a belief that physicians do not need to know about CAM usage, as key factors in nondisclosure, according to patient survey.