Contraceptive Technology Update – February 1, 2011
February 1, 2011
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Dramatic upswing reported in use of intrauterine devices
For the past decade, subscribers to Contraceptive Technology Update have been asked questions about their prescribing practices. The question "In the past year, how many IUDs have you personally inserted?" -
Which methods are winning in popularity?
More women may be moving toward use of the contraceptive vaginal ring, implant, and intrauterine device (IUD), but combined oral contraceptives (OCs) continue to lead as a top birth control choice. -
What OCs do clinicians prescribe most often?
The next chart in your inbox is for a healthy 21-year-old nonsmoking woman. She indicates she is interested in using an oral contraceptive (OC) for birth control. What pill do you prescribe? -
Clinicians reveal strategies on OC use
When it comes to providing oral contraceptives (OCs) to patients for the first time, 87% of respondents to the 2010 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey say they choose Quick Start, the immediate initiation of the hormonal method in the office. -
Teen Topic: Emergency contraception changes may benefit teens
An important change might be on the horizon for adolescents seeking emergency contraception (EC). -
CTUpdates: New publication to focus on STD statistics, trends
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just released Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2009. -
OB/GYN Quarterly Update: Does availability of screening mammography significantly reduce breast cancer mortality?
To assess the effect of screening mammography on breast cancer mortality, the authors used data from the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program to observe chronologic trends associated with screening as well as advances in breast cancer awareness and treatment. -
OB/GYN Quarterly Update: New biological agents for cervical cancer treatment
Previous investigation of cervical cancer biology has revealed a dependence on VEGF, among other factors, for growth and metastases. -
OB/GYN Quarterly Update: Antivirals not linked with birth defects
Young women with herpes infections often are treated with the oral antivirals acyclovir, valacyclovir, or famciclovir.