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Many women might choose the contraceptive injection depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA, Depo-Provera) for its ease of use, but they might discontinue the method due to irregular bleeding.
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Findings from a new national report reflect an increase in the use of early medication abortion.
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While the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been approved for use in men, how many are open to receiving it? New research indicates men might be more willing to receive vaccination when they learn the vaccine can prevent cancer.
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In this study, 783 HIV-infected Indian mother-infant pairs participated in a randomized clinical trial comparing NVP given for 6 weeks vs. single-dose NVP to prevent MTCT of HIV among breast-fed infants.
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A randomized study was conducted from january 2005 to December 2007 in Amsterdam, among 50 immunocompetent children 14-114 months of age (median age, 35 months) with culture- or PCR-confirmed non-tuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis.
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Only limited data are available regarding the epidemiology of infectious diseases that occur among traveling health-care workers (HCWs) or medical researchers.
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Admissions to a public tb hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa for treatment of MDR- and XDR-TB from 2003 to 2008 were examined for healthcare workers (HCWs) compared with non-HCWs.
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Knowledge of the presence of an increased proportion of band neutrophils (neutrophils with non-segmented nuclei) is believed by many clinicians to assist them in the diagnosis and management of some patients with suspected or known infection.
