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Results from a just-published study indicate that teens who are treated for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) are at risk for subsequent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and/or PID for 48 months.1 What can clinicians do to stem subsequent infection?
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Good news: About 75% of respondents to the 2008 Contraceptive Technology Update Salary Survey say they received increases in their paychecks in the last year. Bad news: The majority (57%) saw only a 1%-3% increase.
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Results from a Phase III study in men ages 16 to 26 indicate that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil (Merck & Co.) prevented 90% of external genital lesions caused by types 6, 11, 16, and 18 of HPV.
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How many of your patients rely on vasectomy for contraception? About 500,000 vasectomies are performed each year in the United States; about one out of six U.S. men over age 35 has been vasectomized, with prevalence increasing with education and income.
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Two years after the government implemented routine HIV testing for all patients ages 13-64 without regard to risk, public health officials say improvements have been made, yet still one in five people infected with the AIDS virus is unaware of his/her status.
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Most deaths due to overdose in West Virginia involved men who took opioids that were not prescribed for them.
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Older men with early stage prostate cancer had survival similar to those without cancer; for two-thirds of these men, cardiovascular diseases and other cancers were more likely to cause death than prostate cancer.
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The FDA has approved a new muscarinic receptor antagonist for the treatment of overactive bladder.
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The lead II rhythm strip shown above was obtained from an elderly patient with shortness of breath. How wide is the QRS complex?
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