Today at work I had a patient call in and ask for my advice in counseling her older teen daughter about contraceptive use. The daughter wanted to go straight onto an oral birth control method because “all of her friends take it and it helps acne too”. I went through the side effects and long [...]
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It makes us uncomfortable to talk about gender issues in our culture. It seems that religion and spirituality, politics, and values nurtured into us as children cloud the discussion. Is it then any wonder that it is RARELY mentioned during your office visits to a medical provider? I would like to present some statistics and [...]
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