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A report from the Guttmacher Institute reveals the U.S. teen pregnancy rate is at its lowest level in 40 years and the teen birth rate is at the lowest point since consistent data was collected in the 1950s.
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A study of cervical cancer incidence and mortality in North Carolina has revealed areas where rates are unusually high, prompting public health officials to call for education, screening, and vaccination programs in impacted areas.
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According to a new economic analysis of the DC Female Condom program, a public-private partnership to provide and promote FC2 Female Condoms (Female Health Co., Chicago), the program prevented enough HIV infections in the first year alone to save more than $8 million in future medical care costs over and above the cost of the program.
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Get ready to add two sets of guidance on cervical cancer screening to your practice database: the most current recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and joint cervical cancer prevention guidelines issued by the American Cancer Society, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, and American Society for Clinical Pathology (ACS/ASCCP/ASCP).
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How many chlamydia tests were performed on sexually active women ages 15-25 in your clinic last year? If your numbers are similar to a new national analysis, about 38% of sexually active young women ages 15-25 were screened for the sexually transmitted disease (STD).
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About three million U.S. women experience heavy menstrual bleeding each year.1 With the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Natazia (Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Wayne, NJ) for treatment in women who choose an oral contraceptive (OC), clinicians now have another therapeutic option.
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About 73% of employers conduct criminal background checks on all job candidates, according to a 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, and another 19% of employers do so only for selected job candidates. They can be particularly important in healthcare when a job applicant must be trusted with vulnerable patients and data, but experts caution that background checks have limitations.