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Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) — the copper T and levonorgestrel intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the birth control implant — are the most effective reversible methods available to prevent unintended pregnancy. They last for several years and are easy to use. Clinicians can draw lessons from the Contraceptive CHOICE project in St. Louis on how to make their clinics "LARC First.
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Presentations at the AIDS 2014 conference offer differing outlooks on increased risk of HIV in women using contraceptive injections.
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Science is looking at a wireless microchip implant, with remote drug delivery control, that is designed to last up to 16 years.
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With the introduction of genetic testing that is increasingly affordable, more patients are approaching their health care providers about such testing or with results from their direct-to-consumer genetic tests. Research findings linking MTHFR gene polymorphisms and disease risk have been conflicting. This has led to challenges as far as interpreting such data.
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The acute presentation of the technology-assisted child in the emergency department (ED) setting is a dreaded situation. These children often have numerous ongoing chronic medical conditions, and their lives are assisted by adjuncts that aid feeding, breathing, administration of medication, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage. When these devices malfunction, they can put children at risk of serious medical and surgical problems.
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Does this happen in your ED? About half-way through your shift, the triage nurse brings you a restraint order form and asks you to sign it. You ask what is going on and are told that EMS is bringing in a combative patient, so Security is going to meet them at the ambulance entrance to restrain the patient and they need an order to so do.