She plans to use the Gates Foundation’s billions to revolutionize contraception worldwide. The Catholic right is pushing back. Is she ready for the political firestorm ahead?
Diabetes Risk Increases with Depo-Provera Use for Obese Women
April 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Depo Provera Withdrawal – A Woman’s Worst Nightmare
April 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Need proof that women are sometimes desperate for information and support when it comes to quitting hormonal contraception? You need look no further than the 100 plus comments in reply to an old blog posting at Our Bodies Ourselves: Questions About Side Effects of Stopping Contraceptive Injections. The comment stream – a litany of woes concerning women’s discontinuation of Depo-Provera – has been active since Nov. 2, 2009.
MedPage Today Says Days of Free Sex are Back – Spins Study in Infectious Disease News
March 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
Women who use oral contraceptives do not appear to have any increased risk of acquiring HIV, researchers said here. But, depending on the types of statistical analyses employed, there was a 37% increased risk of HIV acquisition with injected hormonal contraceptives, McCoy told MedPage Today during the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
Ministers tell councils to push contraceptive jabs and implants
February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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.
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