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Getting ready to advise your next patient about the importance of emergency contraception (EC)? Be prepared to discuss two new emergency contraceptive products, just approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA):
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A new review indicates the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG-IUS, Mirena, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals; Wayne, NJ) appears as effective as endometrial ablation in reducing heavy menstrual bleeding.
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The next woman in your examination room is a young mother who has come in for the standard six-week postpartum visit included in your facility's protocol. She tells you that while she has used no contraception since her delivery, she has had unprotected intercourse. She is not breast-feeding her infant. What is your next move?
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When teens in your area go to the neighborhood drug store to pick up a prescription for birth control or buy a package of condoms, what kind of reception do they receive? It might not be very cordial.
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In response to record-breaking reported cases of chlamydia infection this decade, public health authorities and advocates, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have intensified efforts to combat the sexually transmitted infection (STI).
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Results of a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show about 13% of high school students have been tested for HIV, despite the fact that this age group harbors a disproportionate number of undiagnosed cases.
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What is your facility doing to stop the spread of chlamydia? Chlamydia trachomatis infection is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the United States.
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It is now widely accepted that cancer of the cervix is caused by infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV). The infectious etiology of cervical cancer was first suggested when the second wives of some HPV-infected men whose first wives died of cervical cancer also developed the disease.
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Family planning clinicians have become familiar with providing Gardasil (Merck & Co.), the quadrivalent vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), to young women. Will their practice extend to include young men if the vaccine is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
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What if a vaginal ring could deliver protection against unplanned pregnancy and HIV infection? Scientists are testing a ring loaded with multiple antiviral drugs to prevent HIV infection, and they also are weighing its use in pregnancy prevention.
