Contraceptive use saves the lives of more than a quarter of million women each year, either from death in childbirth or unsafe abortions, according to estimates published on Tuesday.
Jul 10, 2012
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Women who have just given birth are often motivated to prevent a rapid, repeat pregnancy. For those who prefer a contraceptive implant, getting the procedure in the hospital immediately after giving birth is more cost-effective ...
Jun 9, 2015
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(Medical Xpress) -- General practitioners (GPs) lack the knowledge and ability to adequately provide long-term contraceptive care to women in their practices, according to new research.
Jul 17, 2012
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Going up a skirt size over a period of 10 years between your mid 20s and mid 50s is linked to a 33 percent greater risk of developing breast cancer after the menopause, finds a large observational study published in the online ...
Sep 24, 2014
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The first large-scale U.S.-based study to evaluate the link between an injectable form of progestin-only birth control and breast cancer risk in young women has found that recent use of a year or more doubles the risk. The ...
Apr 4, 2012
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General practitioners in England dramatically decreased their prescriptions of the combined contraceptive pill during the first COVID-19 lockdown, and these rates have not recovered since, according to new research published ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Researchers and clinicians have long known that copper intrauterine devices (IUDs) work extremely well for emergency contraception. But few bothered to examine the possibility of using hormonal IUDs for the same purpose.
Jan 27, 2021
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French lawyers for women who say a contraceptive implant sold by Bayer Healthcare had caused a string of medical complications launched a lawsuit against the multinational on Friday.
Dec 9, 2016
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Women who experience domestic violence and abuse (DVA) are more than twice as likely to seek emergency contraception as other women, according to a study by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)-funded researchers ...
Dec 4, 2018
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Having a baby at an early age is fraught with risk. Advice from other teenagers can be one way of increasing the use of contraceptives amongst refugee girls in Uganda.
Sep 5, 2022
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