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Is azithromycin proarrhythmic? Macrolide antibiotics are associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death, but azithromycin (Zithromax), the popular "Z pack" macrolide, has been considered safe.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated the U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (US MEC) to affirm the use of hormonal contraceptives in women at risk for or living with HIV.
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Add new information to your contraceptive counseling databank: Findings from a just-published study indicate the absolute risk of increased thrombotic stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) associated with the use of hormonal contraception is low, although the relative risks vary depending on whether higher doses of estrogen are used.
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Be sure to screen all women between the ages of 14 and 46 for intimate partner violence (IPV), advises new research.
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Listen to the online presentation of "It's Not Just the Pathogen Anymore: The Genital Microbiome and Implications for Sexually Transmitted Infections," the latest in the quarterly STD Prevention Science Series 2012 co-sponsored by the Division of STD Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association.
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The emergence of maternal DNA testing for fetal an-euploidies has necessitated a rethinking of our standard screening protocols. With reasonable accuracy, a single blood test can now rule out fetal trisomy 21, 18, and 13, in addition to sex chromosome abnormalities such as Turner syndrome.
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Between September 1, 1987, and January 31, 2001, a total of 4047 obese persons were enrolled in the Swedish Obesity Study (SOS) intervention trial.
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Mediators of the autonomic response to stress, such as the catecholamines norepinephrine and epinephrine, promote cancer growth, metastasis, and progression in preclinical models.
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Although the incidence of hysterectomy has declined in recent years, it remains the most common major gynecologic procedure, and many women are offered or consider elective bilateral oophorectomy (BSO) at the time of hysterectomy to reduce ovarian cancer risk.