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Bivalent and quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are safe and effective, with the potential to prevent a large burden of cancers and diseases.
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New national statistics show that about one in nine (11% or 5.8 million) women ages 15 to 44 had ever used emergency contraception (EC) in 2006-2010, up from 4.2% in 2002.1 Young adult women ages 20-24 were the most likely to have ever used EC about one in four (23%) indicated they had utilized the method.
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While use of intrauterine devices (IUDs) represents a highly effective form of birth control, many women still are not getting proper information about it, results of a new survey indicate.1 Only one-fifth of the women surveyed knew that intrauterine devices were more effective in preventing pregnancy than oral contraception, while only 29% knew that IUDs are cheaper over time than pills.
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Trichomoniasis, or trich, is the most common curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States, yet only one in five women are familiar with it, according to a new survey commissioned by the American Sexual Health Association (ASHA) in Research Triangle Park, NC.
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Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Supplement to Clinical Cardiology Alert, Clinical Oncology Alert, Critical Care Alert, Hospital Medicine Alert, Infectious Disease Alert, Neurology Alert, OB/GYN Clinical Alert, Primary Care Reports.
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An 11-year prospective screening trial in 4051 menopausal women (age 50-74).
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Infants of women initiating either a combined oral contraceptive, the levonorgestrel IUS, the etonogestrel implant, or a copper IUD at 42 days postpartum ingested similar volumes of breast milk and displayed similar growth.
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In this retrospective, cohort study, a see-and-treat protocol resulted in only a 4.5% overtreatment rate.
