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According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) 2013 National Immunization Survey Teen, the number of girls and boys ages 13-17 years receiving human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine remains unacceptably low, despite a slight increase in vaccination coverage since 2012.
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Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) — the copper T and levonorgestrel intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the birth control implant — are the most effective reversible methods available to prevent unintended pregnancy. They last for several years and are easy to use. Clinicians can draw lessons from the Contraceptive CHOICE project in St. Louis on how to make their clinics "LARC First.
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Presentations at the AIDS 2014 conference offer differing outlooks on increased risk of HIV in women using contraceptive injections.
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Science is looking at a wireless microchip implant, with remote drug delivery control, that is designed to last up to 16 years.
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Encouraging news comes from the HIV vaccine research front, where an investigational vaccine regimen tested in a Thailand clinical trial has been shown to be well tolerated and to have a modest effect in preventing HIV infection.
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As the United States gears up to combat the H1N1 flu (also known as swine flu), be sure your practice includes the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for care of pregnant women.
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If medical abortion using mifepristone (Mifeprex, Danco Group) and misoprostol is offered at your facility, be sure to review a new study that asserts the safety of a particular mifepristone/misoprostol regimen.
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Clinicians now have an approved indication in hand for use of the levonorgestrel intrauterine system Mirena (LNG IUS, Mirena, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals; Wayne, NJ), to treat heavy menstrual bleeding in women who use intrauterine contraception as their method of pregnancy prevention.
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Two new actions from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will impact your practice.
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Check the records of women who are scheduled to return to your facility for a contraceptive refill or annual well woman exam. Are you seeing empty spots in the schedule?