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FDA Issues Restrictions for Sterilization Option
The Food and Drug Administration has issued new restrictions regarding the sale and distribution of the permanent contraceptive device, Essure.
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Check Your Clinical Practice for LARC Methods
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists now recognizes immediate postpartum placement of either the intrauterine device or the contraceptive implant as a best practice because of the long-acting reversible contraceptive methods’ role in preventing rapid repeat and unintended pregnancy
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The Risk of Malignancy in Hysterectomy
There has been significant publicity about the risk of malignancy associated with morcellation in hysterectomy, but in reality the incidence is quite low.
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Is Vaginal Estrogen Still the Gold Standard for Treating GSM?
In this 12-week randomized, controlled trial of 302 women, neither vaginal estrogen nor vaginal moisturizer was more effective than placebo for reducing the participants’ most bothersome symptom (pain with vaginal penetration, vulvovaginal itching, vulvovaginal pain, vaginal dryness, or vulvovaginal irritation).
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Fertility Preservation in Women With Borderline Ovarian Tumors
A large retrospective cohort analysis from a single medical center suggests that fertility preservation in women with borderline ovarian tumors does not decrease length of survival.
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Brain Imaging and Alzheimer’s Risk: Valid Surrogates or Just Pretty Pictures?
In an observational multimodality brain imaging study, investigators found sex and age differences correlated with endophenotypes of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
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Researchers Examine Possible Capsule Option for HIV Drugs
Early research is focusing on a capsule that can deliver a week’s worth of HIV drugs in a single dose. If confirmed in advanced research, such an option could allow patients to stay compliant with the dosing regimen required to fight the virus successfully.
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Clinical Challenge: PrEP Is Not Reaching Most of the People Who Are at Risk
CDC leads efforts to build PrEP awareness and expand availability.
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Beyond Efficacy: Applying a Reproductive Justice Framework to Contraceptive Counseling for Young People
A counseling approach that supports bodily autonomy, dignity, and agency of persons works toward ensuring reproductive justice.
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Research Examines Male Contraception Option
Researchers at the University of Washington and Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center are evaluating the use of a daily contraceptive pill containing dimethandrolone undecanoate for men.