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Public health officials are sounding the alarm on the growing threat of multi-drug resistant gonorrhea. What will it take to turn the tide against gonorrhea, the second most commonly reported communicable disease in the United States?
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The next patient is a 16-year-old young mother who became pregnant at 14 when the condom broke during intercourse and no emergency contraception was used after the method failure.
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Results of a paper presented at the recent Annual Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists suggest that an investigational low-dose contraceptive patch appears to be as effective as a combined oral contraceptive (COC).1
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If your practice includes care of pregnant women, be sure they are being tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea. Results of a new national analysis of laboratory tests of 1.3 million pregnant women indicate just 59% and 57% of pregnant women were tested at least once for chlamydia and gonorrhea, respectively.
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Sign up for the free Aug. 29 webinar, "Risk Made Real: A Case-Based Approach to Addressing Risk in Contraception," sponsored by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP).
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Good news: According to a new analysis of National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) data, researchers report an increase in the number of sexually experienced teens using highly effective contraceptive methods such as the intrauterine device, implant, pill, patch, ring, or injectable contraceptive.1
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Research presented at the latest Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists indicates that women using an oral contraceptive (OC) with a 26/2 dosing regimen had less severe hormone withdrawal-associated symptoms than those using a 21/7 pill.
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Check your clinic storeroom for stock of the Sandoz oral contraceptive Introvale. The Princeton, NJ-based company issued a voluntary recall in June 2012 for 10 lots of the generic oral contraceptive following a recent report of a packaging flaw.
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Many women might consider use of the intrauterine device (IUD) for contraception, but some might shy away from choosing the method due to fear of pain during insertion.
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Throughout the first half of 2012, debate raged in Washington and in the media over a new requirement under the Affordable Care Act that most private health plans provide coverage of contraceptive methods and counseling without additional out-of-pocket costs, such as copayments and deductibles.
