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When it comes to the periodic well-woman visit, how do you and your staff balance time management and patient care?
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You're reviewing the medical history for a new patient. The 26-year-old woman complained of back pain for months before a neurologist ordered a magnetic resonance imaging test to check for a herniated disc. The test detected something else: ovarian cancer that has spread to the spine.
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In the first study specifically designed to evaluate bleeding patterns after use of the emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) Plan B (Barr Pharmaceuticals, Pomona, NY), data indicate that intermenstrual bleeding following treatment is uncommon.
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Controlling healthcare costs is tricky business, and sometimes the best intentions have adverse outcomes, as pointed out in a new study in the June 1 New England Journal of Medicine
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How can homeless youth be reached with services for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)? New research indicates good results can be achieved through field-based STD testing, field-delivered therapy, and patient-delivered partner therapy.
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While running for president in 2000, then-Republican candidate George W. Bush promised that his answer to the problem of teenage pregnancy would be to dramatically increase federal funding for abstinence-only education. Sure enough, President Bush has made good on that pledge.
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Your next patient is a 35-year-old mother of three and has a body mass index of 36. She says she is interested in permanent birth control. What are her options?
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No evidence was found to indicate that people with self-reported sensitivity to mobile phone signals are able to detect such signals or that they react to them with increased symptom severity.
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Most exacerbations of asthma are related to viral infection; Erectile dysfunction (ed) most commonly reflects endothelial dysfunction; and the relationship between iron status and hair loss is complex.
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Exercise capacity and fitness measurements have been successfully used to predict cardiovascular and total mortality in middle-aged adults.