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Use Quality Tools to Enhance Patient Experience
Concerns about financial sustainability and the changing healthcare environment are placing pressure on family planning service clinics to increase efficiency, improve patient experience, and explore alternative models of care. -
HPV Vaccination: How to Increase Rates
Which message is most likely to motivate parents to get the HPV shot for their children? New research indicates that among surveyed parents, 65% said the statement “I strongly believe in the importance of this cancer-preventing vaccine for [child’s name]” would be the most effective if delivered by a physician. -
Emergency Contraception and LARC: What You Need to Know
What do you need to know about emergency contraception methods and new clinical recommendations, as well as ways to improve access to LARC at the time of emergency contraception visits? -
CDC Updates Guidance On Zika Prevention
The CDC has updated its guidance on prevention of the Zika virus, calling for women and men who are planning to become pregnant in the near future to consider avoiding nonessential travel to areas with active Zika virus transmission. -
Clinical Challenge: Easing IUD Insertion Pain?
IUD) insertion is painful for many women, particularly nulliparous women; studies have not demonstrated an effective strategy to lessen this discomfort. -
10-year Outcomes for Localized Prostate Cancer
Is there a clear advantage to one path of long-term intervention than another in long-term management of localized prostate cancer?
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Secondary Prevention of Stroke by Pioglitazone in Prediabetes
Pioglitazone reduces vascular events in insulin-resistant stroke victims, as well as reduces risk of progression from prediabetes to diabetes by > 50%.
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Linking Psoriasis to Vascular Health
While the link between inflammatory disorders and coronary vascular disease has received increasing attention in the last decade, little cognizance exists of a relationship between psoriasis and abdominal aortic aneurysms.
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Home BP Monitoring Associated with Better BP Control
Encouraging patients to take ownership of their blood pressure management, elimination of white-coat hypertension, and the ability to detect overtreatment by identification of episodes of hypotension at home could improve outcomes of hypertensive patients.
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Low-dose OTC Proton Pump Inhibitor for GERD Relief
When patients do not achieve satisfactory symptomatic relief from gastroesophageal reflux disease with low-dose treatment, there are other appropriate courses of action.