The Telegraph Girls as young as 13 will be pressed to have contraceptive jabs under Government plans to “urgently” bring down teenage pregnancy rates. By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent 8:12PM GMT 15 Nov 2008 Ministers have ordered council and health chief executives to increase the uptake of “long-acting” contraception in teen pregnancy “hot spots”. The Continue Reading …
13 Yr. Old Girls Get Contraceptive Implants at School
February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Girls as young as 13 have been fitted with contraceptive implants at school without their parents knowing
and has caused a backlash from parents who weren’t aware that their daughters had been fitted with the 4cm device, which sits under the skin.
It is currently unknown exactly how many youngsters have taken part in the scheme.
USC study: Depo-Provera birth control may increase diabetes risk for obese women
February 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The mystery of the disappearing crystals
February 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
RSC Advancing the Chemical Sciences
03 February 2011
Ben Merison
A particular crystal form of the female steroid hormone progesterone can no longer be made. UK chemists have analysed a fifty year old sample to find out why and say that it’s down to impurities. This takes researchers a step closer to understanding why certain pharmaceutical drugs lose their therapeutic effect.
One-shot contraceptive is new honeymoon mantra of Newlywed women in Ahmedabad
December 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
DNA – Daily News & Analysis
India
Published: Thursday, Dec 16, 2010, 15:33 IST
By Priya Adhyaru Majithia | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA
Newlywed women in Ahmedabad keen to have a carefree honeymoon are opting for injectable contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
The ‘birth control shot’ — as the injectable contraceptives are popularly known — is ideal for women preparing to go on a honeymoon as, unlike the pill, one shot gives protection against pregnancies for three months.
‘Deny permission to use injectables’
November 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Times of India
Rema Nagarajan, TNN, Nov 28, 2010, 01.42am IST
Several womens organisations and public health experts have urged the Drug Technical Advisory Board to deny permission to use the injectable contraceptive DMPA (Depo medroxy progesterone acetate) in the mass family planning programme.
DMPA: Battered and Bruised but Still Needed and Used in the USA
November 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Medscape Today
Anita L Nelson
Posted: 11/17/2010; Expert Rev of Obstet Gynecol. 2010;5(6):673-686. © 2010 Expert Reviews Ltd.
Abstract and Introduction
Abstract
Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA; Depo-Provera®, Merck & Co., Inc., NJ, USA) is a very safe and effective method of birth control that can be used by virtually every woman.
Do Contraceptives Affect A Woman’s Ability To Conceive Post-Treatment?
October 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Health Search Online
My wife has been on Norplant for the last five years. She has had it removed because we decided to try to have a baby about one year ago. Now we are having trouble conceiving. What should we do?
I have been receiving quite a few questions recently about pregnancy following the use of different hormonal contraceptives, and the question above is fairly typical.
Depo Provera tied to small rise in fracture risk
August 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Reuters Health
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK | Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:24pm EDT
Women who use a certain type of long-acting hormonal contraceptive are at a slightly increased risk of broken bones, new research suggests.
More than 9 million women worldwide use Depo Provera, an injection of progesterone given every three months, Dr. Christoph R. Meier of University Hospital Basel in Switzerland and his colleagues explain in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Some evidence has suggested that the contraceptive, which suppresses estrogen production, could weaken bones, but it’s not clear whether the drug actually increases the risk of bone fractures, the authors add.
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