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The next patient in your examination room is an adolescent female who says she wants the "acne pill." What are your options?
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Students who seek contraceptive services at college and university health centers are facing sticker shock when it comes to picking up their supplies. As a result of changes to the federal Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) that were implemented in January 2007, institutions of higher education no longer qualify for special reduced pricing for contraceptive supplies.
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As clinicians begin to integrate use of the first cervical cancer vaccine (Gardasil, Merck & Co., Whitehouse Station, NJ) into their practice, developers of an investigational vaccine have launched a head-to-head study of the two vaccines.
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The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH) has announced its endorsement of cervical cancer screening guidelines that support the use of HPV (human papillomavirus) testing along with the Pap test for routine screening of women 30 and older.
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While two advanced trials have been closed for one microbicide candidate for HIV prevention in women, researchers are pressing forward in examining other contenders that may prove safe and effective in the fight against the AIDS epidemic.
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Aggressive statin therapy is associated with slowed progression and even regression of atherosclerosis.
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Clinicians are typically introduced to the academic phenomenon of borderline personality disorder (BPD) during their psychiatric rotations in medical school.
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A multicenter, observational study retrospectively compared 59 individuals with acute or early HIV infection who elected to receive antiretroviral (ARV) therapy for 12 weeks to 337 patients who declined treatment.