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When discussing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) with your patients, what do you tell them about human papillomavirus (HPV)? Exposure to HPV can have significant health implications, particularly for women. Some strains of the virus, including HPV-16 and HPV-18, can trigger cancers of the cervix.
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Is your family planning facility seeing more women who are HIV-positive? Statistics point to a yes. In 2003, women accounted for 27% of the estimated 32,048 diagnoses of HIV infection in the United States, according to statistics from the Atlanta-based Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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How do you broaden access to family planning services? Some family planning agencies are looking to touchscreen technology to get information front and center to those who may need their services.
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The young woman in your examination room has questions about how emergency contraception pills (ECPs) works. How do you explain the methods mechanism of action?
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The need for female-controlled protection against HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) has never been greater. While early in the epidemic, HIV infection and AIDS were diagnosed for relatively few women, the HIV/AIDS epidemic now represents a growing and persistent health threat to women in the United States as well as throughout the world.
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Update your practice: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommends the oral antibiotic cefixime as a first-line treatment option for gonorrhea due to possible drug resistance.