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Where does your state stand when it comes to funding for abstinence-only programs? A new report released by the New York City-based Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) details the amount, type, and use of federal abstinence-only-until-marriage funds in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Want to see more adolescents at your facility? Planned Parenthood of South Palm Beach and Broward County (PPSPBBC) in Boca Raton, FL, has captured teens attention by packaging a comprehensive health screening with a years supply of free birth control pills.
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If your practice includes care of lesbian and bisexual women, and most practices do, dont dismiss taking their reproductive histories. New research indicates that previous pregnancy, induced abortion, and hormonal contraceptive use are common among women who report sex with women, regardless of whether they identify themselves as lesbian.
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Checking your next patients chart, you see that the young woman uses depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA, Depo-Provera, Pfizer, New York City) for birth control. When you ask about her last injection, she tells you she missed her scheduled shot because she was out of town.
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Clinicians who opt to use azithromycin for treatment of early syphilis should review recently published research that indicates that at least 10% of syphilis samples from patients at sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in four cities had a strain resistant to the antibiotic.
