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The need for new contraception options is clear. In the United States, about half of the some 3.4 million pregnancies each year are unintended.
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To evaluate possible drug-drug interactions with combined pills, clinicians need to understand how the estrogen and progestin in pills are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated.
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Publication of the newly updated Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on its way. The proposed new guidance, which replaces information published in 2010, will provide the latest evidence-based treatment recommendations.
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“Providing Quality Family Planning Services — Recommendations of CDC and the U.S. Office of Population Affairs” is the newest member in the “suite” of family planning recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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In the wake of the 2014 midterm elections, Congress has shifted decidedly to the political right. When the 114th Congress convenes in January 2015, Republicans will have their largest majority in the House of Representatives since World War II and will control the Senate for the first time since 2007.
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Teens who received free contraception and were educated about the benefits and disadvantages of various birth control methods in the Contraceptive CHOICE Project in St. Louis were dramatically less likely to get pregnant, give birth, or obtain an abortion compared with other sexually active teens, data suggests in a just-released study.
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Near the end of September 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published its policy statement on contraception for adolescents.
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The Duke Clinical Research Institute is working with nine centers across the United States in a five-year project to evaluate the effectiveness of different treatment strategies for women with uterine fibroids.
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According to results of a national survey, physicians recommend human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to less than 15% of their male patients ages 9-26. Pediatric specialists and doctors who support new vaccines were more likely to recommend the vaccine, data indicate.
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A new national report indicates many at-risk teens are missing needed reproductive health services.