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Women in Texas face hurdles when it comes to getting long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods following cuts to the state family planning budget by the 2011 Texas State Legislature.
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Research findings indicate that brief telephone counseling sustained long-term impact from a sexually transmitted infections/HIV intervention program among African American female adolescents.
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The North American Menopause Society and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health have developed and endorsed the term “genitourinary syndrome of menopause” (GSM) to define “a collection of symptoms and signs associated with a decrease in estrogen and other sex steroids involving changes to the labia majora/minora, clitoris, vestibule/introitus, vagina, urethra and bladder.”
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Research findings from the Contraceptive CHOICE Project, a St. Louis prospective cohort study, examined the short-term bleeding and cramping patterns of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods and the impact on method satisfaction.
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Women in the West African nation of Burkina Faso now have access to a lower-dose formulation of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) packaged in a novel injection system that is designed to increase access to contraception at all levels of the health system.
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Does your paycheck seem to go a little less far these days? No surprise. Results of the Contraceptive Technology Update Salary Survey indicate that 38% saw a 1%-3% increase in salary in the past year, with 40% seeing no change.
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When discussing sexual health with patients, does lubricant use come up in the conversation? Such discussion might be helpful.
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While some clinicians think women will not be willing to place a foreign body into the vagina and then remove it, other providers have been successful in introducing women to the vaginal contraceptive ring (NuvaRing, Schering-Plough Corp.; Kenilworth, NJ). Exactly how is the method presented to women by those clinicians?
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Many clinicians are familiar with continuous use of oral contraceptives, but how about extended regimen use of the vaginal ring?
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Women's health clinicians will take a hard look at cancer screening regimens now that new guidance has been issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).