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Good news: Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that teen birth rates fell at least 15% for all but two states (North Dakota and West Virginia) during 2007-2011, with rates falling 30% or more in seven states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada, and Utah.
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Integrating sexual and reproductive health (SRH) into public health and primary care is one of those vexing problems: complex, multifaceted, and requiring disparate groups to work together to develop strategies and policy activities that align pre-licensure SRH education, continuing professional development, and service delivery for all healthcare professionals within an integrated primary healthcare framework.
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Increasing the capacity of U.S. clinicians to provide high quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care for all Americans is an urgent public health priority, and proponents are working fast to implement new strategies to meet the need.
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An experimental levonorgestrel 20 mcg intrauterine device (LNG20 IUD) is under development by Medicines360, a San Francisco-based nonprofit pharmaceutical company.
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This new evidence-based guidance from the CDC will improve and streamline how we provide contraceptive services to our patients, says Andrew Kaunitz, MD
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Women over age 40 might underestimate their need for effective birth control; however, despite declining fertility, such women can be at risk for unintended pregnancy.
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Results of a just-published study indicate a possible method to predict when a woman will have her final menstrual period.1 Such findings might be helpful in aiding women and providers in combatting potential bone loss and cardiovascular risk associated with onset of menopause.
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In a decision more than 10 years in the making, a U.S. Federal District judge ruled April 5, 2013, that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must lift age and point-of-sale restrictions on Plan B One-Step emergency contraception (EC) within 30 days.
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A new Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) review of available evidence reveals that women who have problematic irregular or heavy cyclic menstrual bleeding have several safe and effective nonsurgical treatment options.1