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Experts advise: Check screening schedule for chlamydia at your organization

Remember when an annual Pap smear for a young woman also provided a chance for routine chlamydia screening? Results from a University of Michigan study of five clinics indicate that when Pap smear schedules were revised in 2009, the number of annual chlamydia screenings dropped in women ages 16-21.

What impact does intimate partner violence have on reproductive decision-making?

In the current study, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, investigators used the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, a population-based surveillance system, to analyze data on more than 193,000 U.S. women with live births between 2004 and 2008.

New teen data — What it means for your practice

A new analysis of national data carries good news the percentage of teens who have experienced sexual intercourse has declined significantly.

Affordable Care Act makes impact on costs of many forms of birth control

Results of an analysis of a large national insurer’s prescription claims database indicate the average out-of-pocket expense for a pill prescription fell from $32.74 in the first six months of 2012 to $20.37 in the first six months of 2013, which is a 38% decline, while similar expenses for an intrauterine device insertion fell from $262.38 to $84.30, a 68% drop.

HPV vaccination: Many teens still not receiving the shot

The latest estimates indicate that 60% of adolescent girls and 42% of adolescent boys have received one or more doses of HPV vaccine.

Music for Postoperative Pain

Music, irrespective of type and timing, improves recovery from surgical procedures based on this meta-analysis.

Preventing Adolescent Metabolic Syndrome: A Lesson from Finland

Adolescent metabolic syndrome predicts type 2 diabetes mellitus and subclinical atherosclerosis in adulthood. This Finish study found that repeated infancy-onset dietary intervention primarily aimed at reducing intake of saturated fat from infancy to early adulthood was effective in preventing adolescent metabolic syndrome.

Acupuncture and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Review of a Meta-Analysis

According to Zhou’s recent research, acupuncture is a safe option that may be effective at improving cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer’s disease when used in conjunction with certain pharmaceutical treatments.

Integrative Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Micronutrient Supplements

This article will focus on the role of micronutrients in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Micronutrients, including vitamins and minerals, are required for many functions in the body, including glucose metabolism, insulin activity, and prevention of tissue oxidation. Unfortunately, chronic hyperglycemia has been shown to reduce the levels of various micronutrients in the body, which further disturbs glucose regulation and potentially worsens diabetic complications. Over the past few decades, researchers have examined the effects of supplementing these micronutrient deficiencies, and some of the most commonly encountered supplements in clinical practice are reviewed below.

Does Bacteremia Associated with Bone and Joint Infections Require Prolonged IV Antibiotic Therapy?

Two hundred sixty-five previously healthy children with culture-proven acute bone or joint infection (age range 3 months to 15 years) were studied.