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Despite the crushing impact of steadily rising health coverage costs, the majority of employers still believe in and are willing to help underwrite health insurance for employees, according
to a new study released by The Commonwealth Fund, a New York City-based private foundation that supports research in health-related fields.
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The occupational health community has experienced the loss of one of its leaders. Geoff Kelafant, MD, MSPH, FACOEM, 45, died unexpectedly March 16 while on vacation in Cancun, Mexico.
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A quick review of your clinics dispensing habits tells the tale: More women are moving to use of the transdermal contraceptive. The contraceptive patch is now the favorite nonoral contraceptive method in the United States, according to IMS Health, a Fairfield, CT-based supplier of pharmaceutical industry market research.
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An e-pharmacy may be suspect if it does the following.
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Current understanding of female reproductive biology may be revised with publication of new research that indicates that female mice retain the ability to make new egg cells well into adulthood.
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Early summer should see the publication of a detailed analysis from the estrogen-alone arm of the Womens Health Initiative (WHI). The study was suspended in February when scientists determined the therapy did not appear to affect heart disease, the major question being evaluated in the trial.
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While African-Americans account for just 12% of the U.S. population, the impact of the AIDS epidemic has taken a disproportionate toll on them. More than half of all AIDS cases in 2002 in the United States were among African-Americans, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Your next patient is 19, sexually active, and says her boyfriend infrequently uses condoms because she takes an oral contraceptive and is protected against pregnancy. What information should you share with her about protection against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)?
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