http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP) -- What does birth control really cost anyway? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-wide-price-range-birth.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:27:01 EST news250489612 The US Senate on Thursday rejected an attempt to exempt employers who cite moral objections to birth control measures from having to follow new health insurance rules proposed by President Barack Obama. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-senate-birth-amendment.html Health Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:24:11 EST news249837842 A study carried out by fourth year medical students of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) has shown that taking contraceptive pill is the most common method for birth control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-pill-birth-malaysia.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:06:55 EST news249725204 Women may say, "It's about time." Guys may have the same reaction. After many overly optimistic predictions, a male version of The Pill may truly be in sight. And a team at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, a nationally recognized center of research into male contraceptives, is working to be among the first to put a new generation of products on the market. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-male-partner-pill.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:50:01 EST news249582992 A batch of birth control pills manufactured in India for US distribution has been recalled due to a packaging error that could make the pills ineffective, US health authorities said on Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-recalls-india-made-birth-pills.html Medications Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:37:53 EST news249572266 Seven US states have filed a lawsuit challenging a requirement in President Barack Obama's 2010 health care law that religious organizations provide insurance covering birth control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-states-obama-birth.html Other Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:40:10 EST news249280803 (AP) -- What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-qa-obama-birth-controversy.html Health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:18:24 EST news248113073 US President Barack Obama Friday announced a compromise to defuse a row over access to birth control which prompted election-year Republican critics to claim he was waging a war on religion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-obama-forges-compromise-birth.html Health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:20:32 EST news248102405 New research offers hope for the first pill to treat a common problem in young women: fibroids in the uterus. The growths can cause pain, heavy bleeding and fertility problems, and they are the leading cause of hysterectomies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-european-pill-uterine-fibroids.html Medications Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:08:31 EST news247378102 US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday recalled one million packets of birth control pills over a packaging error that could put women at risk of unintended pregnancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-pfizer-recalls-million-packets-birth.html Medications Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:50:03 EST news247321950 A new government study suggests a lot of teenage girls are clueless about their chances of getting pregnant. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-cdc-teens-moms-didnt.html Health Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:20:01 EST news246204901 Performance anxiety? Not for this human sperm. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-scientists-electrical-currents-male-fertility.html Medical research Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:44:40 EST news244374244 (AP) -- Worried about birth control in light of headlines about side effects from Yaz and the patch? Women have a lot of options that are safe and effective, including some that are even more reliable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-birth-choices-abound.html Health Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:50:02 EST news242930430 (AP) -- A panel of federal health advisers said Friday that a birth control patch from Johnson & Johnson probably carries a higher risk of blood clots than older drugs, but should remain available as an option for women who have trouble taking a daily pill. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-fda-panel-birth-patch.html Medications Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:02:53 EST news242712161 (AP) -- Federal health experts said Thursday that drug labeling for Yaz and other widely-used birth control pills should be updated to emphasize recent data suggesting a higher risk of blood clots with the drugs than older contraceptive pills. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-fda-panel-yaz-pills.html Medications Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:39:28 EST news242620759 (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed but said he did not steer his administration's decision to halt the over-the-counter sale of an anti-pregnancy drug to girls under 17, saying it was common sense to keep a morning-after pill away for children who may misuse it. Citing his own daughters, he said: "I think most parents would probably feel the same way." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-obama-morning-after-pill-decision-common.html Medications Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:05:41 EST news242571929 (AP) -- Federal health regulators are leaning toward adding new information about the risk of blood clots to the labels of widely prescribed birth control pills such as Yaz, in light of growing evidence that the newer contraceptive drugs may be riskier than older drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-fda-favors-info-birth-pills.html Medications Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:43:41 EST news242419386 Birth control drugs that were heavily promoted as having fewer side effects and the ability to clear up acne and other hormonal bothers are under new scrutiny from safety regulators. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-fda-revisits-safety-birth-drugs.html Medications Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:33:56 EST news242314427 The use of drospirenone-containing oral birth control pills is linked to a significantly higher risk of blood clots, both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, according to an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-drospirenone-containing-contraceptives-linked-higher-blood.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:46:51 EST news239892398 The birth control shot Depo Provera offers a convenient alternative for women who don't want to remember to take a daily pill. Ironically, research from Arizona State University has shown the shot actually may impair a person's memory. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-hormone-birth-shot-linked-memory.html Medical research Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:21:16 EST news239358063 Today's hormonal forms of birth control are vastly different from those used by earlier generations of women, both with lower levels of hormones and with different means of delivery (not just a pill), but many of the same problems related to women's pleasure remain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-mother-birth.html Health Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:05:10 EST news239241902 Some birth control products, including contraceptive pills, rings and patches for women, carry a significantly higher risk of blood clot than low-dose medications, US regulators said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-birth-higher-clot.html Medications Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:14:14 EST news238997635 (AP) -- Safety concerns with the popular birth control pill Yaz increased Thursday as federal health scientists reported that the Bayer drug and other newer birth control treatments appear to increase the risk of dangerous blood clots more than older medications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-fda-ties-birth-drugs-blood.html Medications Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:43:14 EST news238948982 When you visit a pharmacy to pick up antidepressants, cholesterol medication, or birth control pills, you might expect a certain measure of privacy. In reality, prescription information is routinely sold to analytics companies for use in research and pharmaceutical marketing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-youre-anonymous-medical-sold-analytics.html Other Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:10:25 EST news238234212 Women using hormonal contraception --such as a birth control pill or a shot like Depo-Provera – are at double the risk of acquiring HIV, and HIV-infected women who use hormonal contraception have twice the risk of transmitting the virus to their HIV-uninfected male partners, according to a University of Washington-led study in Africa of nearly 3,800 couples. The study was published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-lancet-hormonal-contraception-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:52:49 EST news236886732 Women who use contraceptives like birth control pills experience memory changes, according to new UC Irvine research. Their ability to remember the gist of an emotional event improves, while women not using the contraceptives better retain details. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-birth-pills-affect-memory.html Neuroscience Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:24:37 EST news234797066 Oregon Health & Science University researchers have uncovered a new contraceptive that is more focused, safer and, therefore, available for use among a larger population of women. The research took place at OHSU's Oregon National Primate Research Center. It is published online in the journal Endocrinology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-eye-safer-birth-method.html Other Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:02:52 EST news234615759 (AP) -- New advice for pregnant women: If you're getting a C-section, special inflating boots strapped on your legs may lower the risk of a blood clot. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-c-section-blood-clot-urged.html Health Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:13:59 EST news233853225 Stroke has generally been considered a disease of the elderly, but the incidence of stroke in children and teens has increased in recent years. The American Heart Association Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2011 Data indicate that the unhealthy behaviors that are the risk factors for stroke begin with school-aged children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-teenage-trend.html Health Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:08:50 EST news233485715 (AP) -- The Obama administration says health insurance plans must cover birth control for women with no copays. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-birth-copays.html Health Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:40:02 EST news231414176