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January 01, 2006; Volume 73,Issue 1
Thacker, Holly L.
- You have accessHow should we advise patients about the contraceptive patch, given the FDA warning?Holly L. Thacker, MD, Tommaso Falcone, MD, Ashish Atreja, MD, MPH, Anil Jain, MD and C. Martin Harris, MD, MBACleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2006, 73 (1) 45-47;
In theory, patients could face a higher risk of thromboembolism than with oral contraceptives. But most of all we want to urge them not to simply stop using contraception.
- You have accessIn rebuttal: Osteopenia is a useful diagnosisHolly L. Thacker, MD and Bradford Richmond, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2006, 73 (1) 34-38;
Eliminating the term “osteopenia” would foster complacency and a do-nothing attitude toward a serious and common disease.