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Does Single or Double Insemination During Ovulation Induction Cycle Increase Pregnancy Rates?
Synopsis: Performing intrauterine insemination with the use of donor sperm twice during a natural or stimulated ovulation induction cycle did not increase pregnancy rates over a single insemination.
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Swedish Case-control Study Sees Increase in DVT Risk with DMPA: Is This Real?
Synopsis: A large case-control study done in Sweden that evaluated thromboembolic complications in users of hormonal contraception found an increased risk in users of depomedroxyprogesterone acetate and the combined pill. Desogestrel-containing oral contraceptives showed an increase in risk relative to levonorgestrel pills.
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Preventing Pertussis: Are Your Patients and Their Families Cocooning
SYNOPSIS: Prior vaccination of both parents with Tdap (¡°cocooning¡±) protects newborn infants from contracting pertussis. -
2011 Salary Survey Results: Family planning salaries hold fast — Where will 2012 take employment levels?
Good news: In a year when reports of financial downturns have dominated the headlines, results of the Contraceptive Technology Update 2011 Salary Survey reflect a holding pattern in salary levels. -
Recurrent VVC — What works?
The next file in your inbox is for a 35-year-old woman who has had recurrent vaginal infections. In the past year, she has had numerous episodes of itching, burning, and abnormal discharge. -
CT Updates: Conference dates set for Contraceptive Technology
Get ready for the latest presentations on evidence-based methods and practical tips for your practice at the two 2012 conferences for Contraceptive Technology. -
Washington Watch: Medicaid expansions for family planning progress
In October 2011, Ohio became the seventh state to use new authority under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to extend coverage for family planning services to women and men with incomes well above the state's standard Medicaid income eligibility ceilings. -
Rapid syphilis test released in U.S.
A new point-of-care test for syphilis will provide clinicians another tool in battling increases in the sexually transmitted infection (STI). The new test, Syphilis Health Check (Diagnostics Direct, Stone Harbor, NJ), will no longer require lengthy wait times for results, refrigeration, or the drawing of blood to test for the STI. -
New year, new implant: Time to add Nexplanon to contraceptive options
Get ready to offer women Nexplanon, the latest iteration of the contraceptive implant. The subdermal implant is similar to the Implanon device; however, the applicator has been redesigned to facilitate insertion of the implant in the appropriate subdermal position using one hand. -
Finally! HPV male shot routinely recommended
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has voted to recommend that males be routinely vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV), a move many public health officials seeing as a boost for use of the shot.