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Ways to use the Pill: What’s your strategy?
While several protocols are available to start women on a combined oral contraceptive (OC), respondents to the 2012 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey are firmly behind the Quick Start method of pill initiation. -
Postpartum Tubal Sterilization
Tubal sterilization is a highly effective, permanent, and safe method of contraception. Tubal sterilization is the second most common method of contraception used by women in the United States and the most common among women over 30 years of age. -
Pharmacology Watch: Is This the End of the Road for Calcium Supplementation?
In this issue: Calcium supplementation in women; type 2 diabetes treatments and pancreatitis risk; treating chronic idiopathic urticaria; rivaroxaban and VTE; and FDA actions. -
LNG IUS vs Medical Therapy for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Although the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG IUS) has been shown to be an effective treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), previous clinical trials included rigorous criteria focused primarily on measuring the severity of bleeding. -
Clinical Briefs
During the past few months, there has been a pleth-ora of articles published with important clinical implications, and I have found it difficult to pick just one to review. -
Laparoscopy vs Laparotomy in Early Uterine Cancer: We Still Don't Know
LAP2 was a phase 3 clinical trial to assess the non-inferiority of laparoscopy compared with laparotomy for recurrence of uterine cancer after surgical staging. -
Mifepristone approval delayed, supporters look to action by FDA
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‘After the Fact, After the Act’ spotlights EC
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Many teens not getting comprehensive sex ed
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STD Quarterly-Take control during National HIV Testing Day