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March 2, 2010 Dear Subscriber, Stay up to date on the latest guidelines, legislative news, and clinical information to meet your practice needs with The Nurse Practitioner's eNews. Join now to receive future issues and to share this issue with your colleagues via e-mail. We want to hear from you! Let us know what's on your mind at [email protected]. |
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Adolescent contraception is a complex issue for healthcare providers. Because sexual activity often precedes the ability to make responsible sexual decisions, clinicians are encouraged to provide anticipatory guidance to adolescent patients and their families concerning sexual behavior and appropriate contraception methods. Ideally, parents will actively participate in this process, but often, the responsibility for this critical guidance falls solely on clinicians. Providing a place for open, honest confidential conversation about sex and sexuality, reinforcing responsible sexual behaviors, and teaching strategies for avoiding risky situations and behaviors are all responsibilities of the clinician caring for a sexually active adolescent. Earn 2.4 Contact Hours More CE CREDITS VALID IN ALL STATES! |
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Group aims to reduce childhood chocking death | ||
| In an effort to reduce such deaths, the American Academy of Pediatrics wants to see warning labels on foods like hot dogs, marshmallows, and round or cylindrical hard candies, which pose a high choking risk to children. More | |||
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Report links diabetes drug to heart attacks | ||
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The diabetes drug Avandia is linked with tens of thousands of heart attacks, and drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline knew of the risks for years but worked to keep them from the public, according to a Senate committee report. More |
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Gene therapy shows promise against HIV | ||
| A new study is among the first to hint that gene therapy could become a weapon against the virus that causes AIDS. However, any treatment remains far from being ready for use by patients, and would likely be expensive, experts said. More | |||
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FDA issues warning on key asthma drugs | ||
| A new label warning will caution users of four widely used asthma drugs (GlaxoSmithKline's Advair and Serevent, Novartis's Foradil and AstraZeneca's Symbicort) to avoid using these medicines as a sole or long-term means of symptom control, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday. More | |||
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Glaxo to remove zinc from denture cream | ||
| The maker of Poligrip denture cream will stop making formulas containing zinc amid lawsuits claiming years of excessive use caused neurologic damage and blood problems in consumers, allegedly crippling some. More | |||
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High doses vitamin C may damage vision late in life | ||
| Among nearly 24,600 adult women followed for more than 8 years, those who reported regular or occasional vitamin C supplementation of about 1,000 milligrams per serving were about 25% more likely than those who did not take supplements to have age-related cataracts removed. More | |||
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