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The Internet and the cell phone are helping patients in not only seeking testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but learning their test results and promoting treatment for themselves and their partners.
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For the last 15 years, emerging evidence has encouraged clinicians who prescribe hormonal contraception to quick start patients on their chosen contraceptive method on the day of the visit, instead of waiting until after menses begins.
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About 1.7 million women of childbearing age are prescribed Food and Drug Administration Category D or Category X medications each year. However, despite label warnings, about 6% of U.S. pregnancies occur in women taking medications with known teratogenic risk.
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A new report emphasizes the need to energize efforts to reach the potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to save lives and prevent millions of avoidable cancers and HPV-related conditions in men and women.
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In women surviving to older ages, diet quality at midlife appears to be strongly associated with a greater likelihood of not having mental and physical limitations.
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Colicky children given probioitics had more fussing, as per sub-group analyses than children given placebo. In addition, probiotics did not affect the amount of time spent crying.
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Breast cancer survivors participating in a 12-week yoga program reported decreased fatigue, increased vitality, and improved sleep on multiple scoring systems, but no impact on depressive symptoms. Increased time spent doing yoga led to greater improvements in inflammation, mood, and fatigue.
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Investigators combined multiple meta-analyses to assess the relative effectiveness of drug therapy and exercise in reducing mortality from specific causes. Exercise produced a comparable or better effect for all causes.
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