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Study: Levonorgestrel IUDs Are Safe and Effective for Up to Eight Years
Research continues to show that the 52 mg levonorgestrel IUD is safe and effective for up to eight years of use. It also can decrease bleeding and spotting, and half of the women using the device experienced amenorrhea or infrequent bleeding.
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Vaginally Inserted Contraceptives Can Fill Care Gap for Some
Women around the world lack awareness about most of the vaginally inserted contraceptive methods. This poses the biggest barrier to their use, researchers found. Product cost is another major barrier to adoption, as are unsupportive partner attitudes and women’s concerns about insertion. The most important enabling factor to a person’s use of vaginally inserted contraceptives is counseling from a trained provider or community health worker.
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Patients with Bleeding Disorders Report IUD Expulsion Rates Similar to Others
The results of recent research suggest clinicians should not hesitate to insert a hormonal IUD in patients with a bleeding disorder because their IUD expulsion rate is similar to that of other women with heavy bleeding but without a bleeding disorder diagnosis.
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More Support Needed for Contraceptive Healthcare at Student Health Centers
States, universities, and the sexual and reproductive health community need to help students obtain optimal contraceptive and reproductive healthcare through the most convenient place for students — the college health center, according to recent research.
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Ways to Help Patients with Bleeding from Contraceptive Implant
Some patients experience bothersome uterine bleeding after receiving a contraceptive implant, according to a new study of implants and adolescent/young adult patients. Investigators found that 27% of people with an average age of about 19 years reported subsequent bleeding. Those who reported irregular menses before the implant were more likely to report bleeding after receiving the implant.
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Patients Who Experience Homelessness Face Multiple Barriers to Contraceptive Care
Homelessness adds multiple barriers to contraception counseling and care. These patients often cannot access OB/GYNs or family planning clinics because of transportation and insurance obstacles. It is important for all clinicians to ask patients experiencing homelessness about their contraceptive needs and to counsel them on all methods.
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RSV Vaccine for Older Patients Receives Support
FDA approved Arexvy to protect people age 60 years and older against the respiratory syncytial virus.
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ChatGPT Provides Solid Responses to Virtual Medical Questions
Artificial intelligence tool provided empathetic, quality answers to online queries, which could help clinicians save time on electronic health record documentation work.
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Healthcare Workers Not Likely Infected, Colonized with C. auris
Recent reports highlighting the continuing increase and geographic spread of Candida auris — a multidrug-resistant fungus that is moving between healthcare facilities — have raised the question of whether healthcare workers could be infected or colonized with the emerging pathogen. It is highly unlikely, but the risk is not zero.
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CDC: Be Wary of Travelers From African Outbreaks
Marburg virus has caused outbreaks in two African nations, and healthcare workers should be aware of travel history for incoming patients with classic hemorrhagic fever symptoms.