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AAP Updates Recommendations for Adolescent Contraceptive Counseling

Physician's Weekly

from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and colleagues updated the 2014 policy statement on contraception for adolescents to provide pediatricians with evidence-informed and equity-informed practices in contraceptive care.

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Attrition Rates High Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Medical Students

Physician's Weekly

The analysis included 2014 to 2017 data from the Association of American Medical Colleges data warehouse (83,342 matriculants and 56,031 respondents to the Matriculating Student Questionnaire [MSQ]). The researchers found that attrition rates were higher among MSQ nonrespondents (3.8 percent).