August 30, 2010 – 9:00 pm
amednews.com
By Christine S. Moyer, amednews staff. Posted Aug. 30, 2010.
When ella is available later this year, physicians will have to decide if prescribing the drug is right for them and their patients.
When the Food and Drug Administration approved Plan B in 1999, some doctors objected on moral grounds to prescribing the emergency contraceptive.
Much of the controversy faded when Plan B went to over-the-counter status in 2006, taking the prescribing decision largely out of doctors’ hands. Today, the drug is available OTC for women 17 and older, but younger patients still need a prescription.
August 19, 2010 – 4:42 pm
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.
August 17, 2010 – 6:47 pm
Called ‘ella,’ drug delays ovulation, but opponents say it’s another abortion pill
Bloomsberg Business Week
Executive Health August 14, 2010, 07:32 EST
FRIDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the ella (ulipristal acetate) emergency contraceptive pill, which prevents pregnancy if taken within five days of unprotected intercourse or contraceptive failure.
August 13, 2010 – 4:28 pm
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First Published Friday, 13 August 2010 11:04 pm – © 2010 Dow Jones
By Jennifer Corbett Dooren
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved an emergency contraceptive pill that can be taken up to five days after unprotected sex.
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
re: Cycles
July 29th, 2010 by Elizabeth Kissling
In our May 28 “Saturday Surfing” round-up of recommended reading, we highlighted Lynn Harris’ essay for The Nation about new research on “reproductive coercion”: the alarming frequency with which young men try to get their partners pregnant, often by sabotaging birth control methods.
By Leslie Carol Botha
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Posted in Abortion, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Periods, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teen Pregnancy, Teens, Women's Health, Women's Politics
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The Nation
Lynn Harris
May 24, 2010
Leyla W. couldn’t figure out where her birth control pills kept going. One day a few tablets would be missing; the next, the whole container. Her then-boyfriend shrugged and said he hadn’t seen them. She believed him—until she found them in his drawer. When she confronted him, he hit her. “That was his way of shutting me up,” says Leyla, who is in her mid-20s and living in Northern California. (For her safety, Leyla wishes to withhold her last name and hometown.)
By Leslie Carol Botha
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Posted in Adolescent Girls, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Dating Violence, Mothers & Daughters, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Teen Pregnancy, Teens, Women's Health, Women's Politics
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Published Online July 19, 2010
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.329.5990.374
by Jon Cohen
For the first time ever, a vaginal gel has unequivocally blocked the transmission of HIV. In a trial that involved nearly 900 South African women, those who received a vaginal gel that contains an anti-HIV drug had a 39% lower chance of becoming infected by the virus than those who received a placebo.
Dr. Mercola
July 10, 2010
The birth control pill was first introduced to the American public for contraceptive use in 1960. By 2002, 11.6 million US women were on “the Pill” according to CDC statistics[1], making it the nation’s leading method of contraception.
Eighty percent of American women have used oral contraceptives at some point in their lives, according to a paper in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology[2].
By Leslie Carol Botha
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Posted in Birth Control, Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Depo Provera, IUD's, Menstrual Cycle, Menstrual Suppression, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Health, Synthetic Hormones, Women's Health
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Deccan Chronicle
July 7th, 2010
By Dr Vijay V. Shah
While there are several contraception options available to women, it is important to make an informed choice before you decide to pop any pill to prevent getting pregnant. In addition to what kind of pill you should take, you need to be aware of the process involved in taking the pill, when to take it, when to stop and when to continue.
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
July 2nd, 2010 by Elizabeth Kissling
re: Cycling
The Internet, especially the feminist blogosphere, is all abuzz this week with the promise of a new contraceptive pill for men within the next five years. But researchers always say a pill for men is just five years away, according to University of Washington medical professor John K. Amory.
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