Medications

COVID hastens demise of combined contraceptive pills in UK

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 ...

Medical research

A promising approach to develop a birth control pill for men

The world's population has increased by more than 2.6-fold in the last 60 years. The growing trend continues—projections indicate that the number of people living on our planet will grow to 9 billion by 2037 from 8 billion ...

Medications

Certain birth control pills may carry higher blood clot risk: FDA

(HealthDay) -- U.S. health officials announced Tuesday that birth controls pills containing drospirenone -- a man-made version of the hormone progesterone -- may be associated with a higher risk of blood clots and will require ...

Oncology & Cancer

Ovarian cancer statistics, 2018

A new report from the American Cancer Society provides an overview of ovarian cancer occurrence and mortality data. Ovarian Cancer Statistics, 2018 is published early online in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

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