Health
Emergency contraception is hard to find in Georgia, rural pharmacies
If you're looking for Plan B in Georgia, you may have to call around to find it—particularly if you live in a small town.
Feb 10, 2022
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Contraception could save world $5.7 bn, says UN report
The world economy would be boosted by billions of dollars if all women had access to contraception, the United Nations said on Wednesday in its annual State of World Population report.
Nov 14, 2012
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Other
Why are we still waiting for the male pill?
Had there been a male contraceptive pill in 1976, I probably wouldn't be here to write this. That was the year when, after my mum – may she rest in peace – had been on the pill for 12 years, health worries made her doctor ...
Jul 12, 2016
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States file suit over Obama's birth control plan
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.
Feb 24, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oral contraceptive equal to antibiotics for acne care
(HealthDay)—At six months, oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) are comparable to systemic antibiotics for acne management, according to a review published in the September issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Aug 27, 2014
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Minnesota trial focuses on pharmacist who refused to provide morning-after pill
A Minnesota jury is expected to decide by the end of this week whether a woman's human rights were violated when a pharmacist denied her request to fill a prescription for emergency contraception, sometimes called the morning-after ...
Aug 2, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
One in three young US women uses 'withdrawal' for birth control
(HealthDay)—Withdrawal is an old-fashioned, unreliable form of birth control, but one-third of young women still use it anyway, new research indicates.
Aug 6, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Do hormonal contraceptives impact glaucoma risk?
Women who currently use hormonal contraceptives face more than a 2-fold higher risk of developing glaucoma, according to an analysis of electronic medical records for women aged 15-45 years from 2008 to 2018. The British ...
Jun 23, 2021
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Cardiology
Birth control pills increase risk of ischemic stroke
Oral contraceptives increase the risk of ischemic stroke, but this risk is very small among women who do not have other stroke risk factors, according to a Jan. 3, 2018 paper in the journal MedLink Neurology by Loyola Medicine ...
Mar 5, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
How birth control pill prescriptions by a pharmacist could broaden access and keep costs down
Almost 50% of pregnancies in the U.S. are still unplanned or mistimed, even though the first birth control pill was sold almost 60 years ago.
Oct 8, 2019
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