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Update Your STI Management Skills
More than 2 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were reported in the United States in 2016, the highest number ever. Most of the new diagnoses were attributed to chlamydia (about 1.6 million), with 470,000 cases of gonorrhea and almost 28,000 cases of primary and secondary syphilis.
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Raise Awareness of Progestin-only Options
Progestin-only contraceptives are safe and offer women flexible, non-estrogenic birth control options. However, use lags behind that of other methods.
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Study Examines Use of Hormonal Contraception and Breast Cancer Risk
Results from a study of 1.8 million Danish women ages 15-49 indicate that the risk of breast cancer is increased among women who currently or recently used contemporary hormonal contraceptives compared to those women who have never used such methods. While the risk increased with longer use, the absolute increases in risk were small.
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Chinese Herbal Medicine in Chronic Hepatitis B Infection
Use of Chinese herbal medicine was associated with a significantly lower risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma in patients receiving antiviral medication for chronic hepatitis B infection.
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Integrative Medicine for Chronic Pain: Acupuncture and Massage
There may be a role for acupuncture and massage in treating chronic pain.
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L-methylfolate for Bipolar Disorder
L-methylfolate improves some symptoms in major depression in people with type 1 bipolar.
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Rehabilitation From Neurological Insults: The Role of Music-based Interventions
The authors of this comprehensive review article found evidence for the use of music-based interventions as part of rehabilitation across a broad range of neurological disorders.
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Ethics and Science, Cannabinoids and Healthcare
Perhaps no topic is more controversial than the use of marijuana in clinical practice. Within the United States, there are an estimated 55 million recent active users, defined as one to two uses within the previous year, and 35 million regular users, defined as one to two uses per month.
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Thrombectomy Is Effective Up to 24 Hours After Stroke – the DAWN Trial
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Isolated Amyloid Myopathy
Isolated amyloid myopathy is a rare disorder that can be distinguished from systemic amyloidosis with myopathy by clinical, biochemical, and muscle biopsy histologic criteria.