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Get ready for the latest presentations on evidence-based methods and practical tips for your practice at the two 2012 conferences for Contraceptive Technology.
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The next file in your inbox is for a 35-year-old woman who has had recurrent vaginal infections. In the past year, she has had numerous episodes of itching, burning, and abnormal discharge.
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Good news: In a year when reports of financial downturns have dominated the headlines, results of the Contraceptive Technology Update 2011 Salary Survey reflect a holding pattern in salary levels.
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The authors conclude that patients with coronary stents undergoing an invasive procedure are at high risk of perioperative cardiovascular and bleeding complications, and that these are associated with a high mortality.
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Recent retrospective studies in Europe have created concern because of an observed increased risk of cancer (hazard ratio = 1.55) in users of insulin glargine (GLAR) compared to nonusers.
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A newly developed instrument to measure brief physical activity counseling in primary care demonstrates that physicians need to do a better job.
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From a large cohort of women followed prospectively and with an adjunct meta-analysis of existing evaluable studies, a clearly demonstrated, nearly universal (i.e., across tumor types) incremental increase in cancer incidence was observed with advancing height.
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Vaccination has dramatically reduced the number of cases of chickenpox, measles, polio, mumps, and pertussis treated in primary care settings. Antibiotic treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis has reduced the number of cases of rheumatic fever. As a result, there are generations of physicians who have never encountered patients with these diseases. These diseases are often relegated to the historical section of general medical textbooks. However, recent isolated outbreaks in adults as well as children have brought these diseases back into the forefront for primary care providers.
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We all know that we should be drinking more green tea; every few days, either the media or medical journals are touting a new use for the Asian staple. Can it really cure breast cancer while preventing liver disease, simultaneously increasing knee range of motion in people suffering from osteroarthritis? The answer is "possibly, yes," but an evidence-based review refines the glowing reports with some clinical pearls, dosing specifics, and hopeful avenues of future research, as detailed below.