GPs warned over mistakes in fitting contraceptive implants
Family doctors advised to acquire proper training to avoid errors and damages for unwanted pregnancies GPs have been told to undergo proper training before they fit women with contraceptive implants in order to avoid repeating mistakes that have led to hundreds of unwanted pregnancies. Family doctors are being warned they could be liable to pay patients damages if they insert a hormonal implant ...

Medical experts: Nation needs to offer more confidential care for sexually active teens
After reviewing existing research regarding the common practices of health care providers who see adolescent patients across the country, Rebecca Allen, MD, MPH, a clinician and researcher at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, and her colleague, Michelle Forcier, MD, MPH, an adolescent medicine specialist at Hasbro Children's Hospital, asserted that the nation needs to offer more ...