Although effective, opioid agonist therapy is associated with stigma and thus underutilized for treatment of opioid use disorder in incarcerated settings.
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Nat Mulkey, MD, Carl G. Streed Jr, MD, MPH, and Barbara M. Chubak, MD
Some clinicians cite absence of long-term data to justify not fully deferring surgery for children with DSD, and legal restrictions of early procedures are also at play.
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Learn the risks and benefits associated with amniocentesis and the about the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology's current recommendation that the genetic test be offered to all pregnant women.
An examination of the causes of traumatic brain injury, the mechanisms of primary and secondary injury, and how those injuries are evaluated and classified.
How hepatitis C is diagnosed and treated and why treatment of most prisoners with the virus may be safely postponed until after their release from prison.
Clinical diagnosis of Guillain Barre Syndrome begins with complaints of symmetric weakness, and absence of deep tendon reflexes on examination. The clinical diagnosis is confirmed by cerebrospinal fluid analysis and nerve conduction studies.
An examination of the effect that the Mammography Quality Standards Act has had on training and certification of radiologists and mammography technicians.