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For four decades, safety-net providers such as community health centers have turned to the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) for help with maintaining a well-trained and credentialed workforce.
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One woman in five develops a urinary tract infection (UTI) during her lifetime, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
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Add another human papillomavirus (HPV) test to the clinical arsenal. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Roche cobas HPV Test.
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A just-published study indicates that many providers are failing to counsel women on the availability of emergency contraception (EC).
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Results of two case-control studies indicate that women without risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) who use oral contraceptives (OCs) containing drospirenone have an increased risk for nonfatal VTE compared with those who use levonorgestrel OCs.
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Investigators have discontinued the FEM-PrEP study of oral emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (Truvada, Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA) to prevent HIV infection in women in Africa after interim results indicated the research would be unlikely to prove effectiveness in the study population.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission have issued a joint call to remove products from the market that make unproven claims to treat, cure, and prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
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Results of a new study indicate patients who have tested positive for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) but don't have symptoms or genital lesions still experience virus shedding during subclinical episodes.
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The investigators prospectively enrolled and followed a cohort of 97 teens before and six, 12, and 18 months after starting DMPA.
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Is your facility participating in National HIV Testing Day on June 27? If not, you may be missing an important community outreach opportunity to help people learn their HIV status.