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Question of the Month – (March 2024)

A 17-year-old female presents to your office during walk-in hours on Monday morning. Parental permission has previously been granted to allow her to seek out her own healthcare. She states that she had unprotected sex two nights before. She is concerned about getting pregnant. Vitals are normal. Height is 5’7”, weight is 197 lbs (BMI 31, obesity). In addition to STI screening, you suggest emergency contraception as follows:

A) Etonogestrel implantable device and schedule insertion for 1 week from today
B) Ulipristal Acetate 30 mg po once
C) Levonorgestrel 1.5 mg po once
D) Levonorgestrel 0.75 mg po every 12 hours for 48 hours
E) Copper IUD and schedule insertion 4 days from today.

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Poll of the Month - March 2024

The annual “Spring Forward” weekend just happened on March 10th. While we all gain an extra hour of sunlight in our evenings, many lose an hour of sleep Saturday night into Sunday morning. As always this weekend comes with talks of doing away with our “Spring Forward” and “Fall Backwards” weekends and staying with Standard Time year round. If you were able to vote for your preference what would you choose, 'Yes' to eliminate the time changes or 'No' to keep it as is?
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