(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 ...
Oct 27, 2011
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A study to evaluate birth control methods has found dramatic differences in their effectiveness. Women who used birth control pills, the patch or vaginal ring were 20 times more likely to have an unintended pregnancy than ...
May 23, 2012
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The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it will overhaul packaging labels for the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B, that women can take after having sex to prevent a pregnancy.
Dec 24, 2022
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Being able to recapitulate in a dish what human embryos normally do hidden within the womb opens avenues for improving In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) procedures and developing better contraceptives. Hormonal contraceptives ...
Dec 2, 2021
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People who suffer migraine headaches with auras are at roughly double the risk of suffering the most common type of stroke.
Mar 25, 2015
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Direct oral anti-coagulant (anti-clotting) (DOAC) medications that target a single clotting factor work just as well to prevent future clots as the older, less-specific medication warfarin. DOACs are also less likely to result ...
Feb 10, 2022
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About three quarters of women will experience uterine fibroids before they reach the age of 50. With a range of often debilitating symptoms including excessive menstrual bleeding, they are the most common reason women undergo ...
Sep 28, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The abortion rate in the United States fell 24 percent between 2006 and 2015, according to research published in the Nov. 23 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality ...
Nov 22, 2018
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One of the first studies to track whether COVID-19 vaccination might affect women's periods found a small and temporary change.
Jan 9, 2022
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When it comes to birth control, many preconceived notions may influence which method a woman chooses.
Aug 23, 2019
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