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Family Planning Industry In Massachusetts Thriving During Recession
The family planning industry in Massachusetts is flourishing during the economic recession, according to state medical experts, the Boston Herald reports. Planned Parenthood has reported a 77% increase in the state for procedures to insert intrauterine devices, and physicians are seeing higher numbers of vasectomy procedures. In addition, condom sales are increasing.A recent Gallup survey conducted for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists found that 17% of married women said the economy has affected their plans to have children, and 33% of women who are in a relationship but not married said they are now more concerned with unintended pregnancies compared with the previous year.Jesse Mermell, vice president of external affairs for the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, said that NuvaRing and long-term IUD use has increased by 77% in the past year. Mermell said, "The universal reaction to that spike has been "wow.""According to Nelson Bennett, director of male sexual medicine at the Lahey Clinic, there was a 30% increase in vasectomies in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008. Emanuel Friedman of MetroWest Urology -- who has performed about 1,500 vasectomies -- said, "People who wanted four children might now stop at two," adding, "Last year I was doing four to six surgeries weekly, now I"m doing six to 10."Davin Wedel, president of Glob Protection, a Boston-based condom manufacturer, said that condom sales "are up, even in retail, which is rare." His company has seen a 35% increase in online traffic from its flagship brand"s Web site. He added that the increase is not only because of couples being more careful. "People are out of work, and sex is a cheap form of entertainment," he said.According to the Herald, area hospitals have not yet seen a steep drop in the number of newborns, but representatives say it is still too early to forecast how the economy will affect birthrates. August marks the ninth month since the start of the recession (Jordan, Boston Herald, 8/2).
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Patient-Centered Approach To Capturing Data From Cancer Patients Improves Care And Research

Wireless, personal computers used by cancer patients to log their symptoms help improve the patients" care and further cancer research, according to a study led by researchers in the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. "We wanted to see if patient-reported data generated at the point of care could be used to build a growing dataset for clinical care and research," said Amy Abernethy, M.D., an oncologist at Duke University Medical Center and lead investigator on the study. "We found that we could create a rapid learning oncology system in an academic clinic without interrupting patient care. We feel this is really an example of what a patient-centered learning health care system is all about." For the study, researchers collected data from 275 breast, lung and gastrointestinal cancer patients. When patients arrived at a clinic for their appointments, they were given a wireless tablet personal computer. The computer guided them through a series of questions about their symptoms and quality of life and immediately generated a report for clinicians to review. In return, patients received educational information about their particular cancer. Meanwhile, aggregate data is used to inform care at the clinic level, and also feeds into a larger data system comparing interventions and care patterns. The researchers will present their findings at a poster session and oral discussion at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Orlando, on Sunday, May 31. The use of the personal computers to capture patient data was acceptable for patients and clinicians and both groups experienced advantages from the system, Abernethy said. "Patients find it a more pleasant way to report their symptoms, are often more honest with their answers and find it helpful in remembering all of the symptoms they had since their last appointment," she said. "The information patients enter creates longitudinal data that clinicians and researchers can use to assess what happens to a group of cancer patients over time. This may lead to improved care for the patient," Abernethy said. "For example, among the breast cancer patients we noticed that sexual distress was an underserved concern, and we have initiated intervention studies to address this," she said. Additional authors on the study include Syed Zafar, Remy Coeytaux, Krista Rowe, Jane Wheeler and H. Kim Lyerly of Duke. Erin Pratt Duke University Medical Center


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