in preventing pregnancy, but there is still a 1% chance that you could get pregnant. Furthermore, missing a pill or taking a pill a few hours later than normal can decrease the effectiveness. Certain medications like antibiotics are also known to increase the chance of your contraceptives ...
But despite the data on condom effectiveness and programs to educate teens about HIV, condom use among sexually active teens is often not a priority. The Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that 56 percent of teens, both makes and females, agreed with the statement, “Having sex without a c...
area, including one’s thighs and lower abdomen.National Institutes of Health,“Scientific Evidence on Condom Effectiveness for Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention,”(June, 2000), 26; House of Representatives“Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 1999,”November 22, ...
The Cost-Effectiveness of Low-Cost Essential Antihypertensive Medicines for Hypertension Control in China: A Modelling Study The strengths of this study were the use of a recent Chinese national health survey, vital statistics, health care costs, and cohort study outcomes data... G Dongfeng,H Jia...
SSRI medications affect levels of serotonin in the brain. For many prescribing doctors, these medications are the first choice because of the high level of effectiveness and general safety of this group of medicines. Examples of these medications are listed here. The generic name is first, with ...
of people suffering from a particular disease, the average time taken by the patients to recover from a medical condition, the effectiveness and side-effects of a particular treatment, quality of the healthcare facilities in the surroundings, availability and ease of accessibility to various health...
Partner abuse of pregnant women has been associated with preterm deliveries of low-birth-weight babies. Domestic partner abuse puts children of the couple at risk for lower intellectual functioning, being victims of child abuse as children, and of intimate partner violence as adults. This form of...
12 Importance of Statistics by Mikki Hebl Learning Objectives 1. Give examples of statistics encountered in everyday life 2. Give examples of how statistics can lend credibility to an argument Like most people, you probably feel that it is important to "take control of your life." But what ...
Trying to do better than average: a commentary on ‘statistical inference for cost-effectiveness ratios’ In a recent paper, Laska, Meisner and Siegel address issues concerning hypothesis testing in cost-effectiveness analysis. They relate the relative magnitud... A Briggs,P Fenn - Wiley Subscriptio...
A cost-effectiveness modelling study of strategies to reduce risk of infection following primary hip replacement based on a systematic review. Health Technol Assess. 2016;20(54):1–144. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Health Research Authority. Guidance for Using Patient Data. ...