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One-off lesson improves teenagers` knowledge of emergency contraception
A single lesson on emergency contraception, given by a trained teacher, improves teenagers' knowledge of the correct time limits for using emergency contraception, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers recruited 1,974 boys and 1,820 girls in year 10 (14-15 years old) from 24 mixed sex, state secondary schools in south west England. Trained... view more... (2002-05-14)

International survey finds-two thirds of men would take 'the Pill'
Two-thirds of men questioned in an international survey said they would use a male Pill if it were available, and nearly all the women questioned said they would trust their partners to take it. Thefindings are published today (Wednesday 23 February) in the journal Human Reproduction.*   view more (2000-02-19)

Injectable testosterone may provide effective male contraception
Researchers in China may have found a method for male contraception that is effective, reversible and without serious short-term adverse effects according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).    view more (2009-05-04)

Emergency contraception fails to halt abortions
Easy availability of emergency contraception does not have a notable effect on rates of pregnancy and abortion, according to an editorial in this week's BMJ.   view more (2006-09-15)

Research shows that the Pill does not deserve its reputation for causing weight gain
Research has not proven that the Pill causes weight gain. But many women are put off using contraceptive pills because this has been listed as one of their adverse effects.   view more (2008-10-31)

New concepts in contraception
Latest research into dual-purpose contraceptives and non-hormonal contraception will be presented tomorrow at a major scientific conference in Melbourne.   view more (2008-08-27)

Hormonal contraception does not appear to increase HIV risk
Using hormonal contraception does not appear to increase women's overall risk of infection with the AIDS virus, report the authors of a large study commissioned by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health.   view more (2006-12-08)

Contraception: progress brings hope for new methods for men
For decades, pundits have predicted new contraceptives for men within the next 5 to 10 years. Are we really getting any closer? Judging from work presented today at the second "Future of Male Contraception" conference, the answer may finally be yes.   view more (2007-09-28)

More treatment options for women requiring emergency contraception (p 1803)
Results of an international study in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that there are three effective therapeutic options for women requiring emergency contraception after sexual intercourse. Hormone treatment with a single 10 mg dose of mifepristone, and two 0.75 mg doses of levonorgestrel 12 hours apart are known to be effective for... view more... (2002-11-29)

New male contraceptive targets sperm, not hormones
Men and women have long been promised a male version of the female contraceptive pill. But the first new male contraceptive to market may not be hormonal at all.   view more (2006-05-08)

AIDS research reveals a lack of family-planning programs in Uganda
University of Alberta graduate student Jennifer Heys wants to make her message clear: there needs to be more education in Ugandan communities about contraception.   view more (2009-11-24)

Education needed to decrease teens' misconception about emergency contraception
Targeted health education may help urban, minority adolescent women better understand how the emergency contraception pill works and eliminate some misconceptions about side effects, confidentiality and accessibility, according to a study by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.   view more (2008-08-20)

Education may improve hospital prescription rate of emergency contraception to teens
Many doctors don't offer emergency contraception pills to adolescents who may benefit from them during emergency department visits because of misinformation about how the medicine works, according to a study by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.   view more (2009-03-06)

The IUD is the most popular long-acting contraceptive amongst Europeans
A European study has defined the profile for the usage of long-acting contraceptive methods. The work, presented with the National Congress of Gynaecology award, shows, amongst other things, that 10% of women use these methods, the majority over 30 years old.   view more (2009-10-29)

US prostate cancer deaths down one third in men aged 50-74: Europe following?
Copenhagen, Denmark: New findings presented today (Tuesday 23 September) at ECCO 12 - The European Cancer Conference, show that US prostate cancer mortality rates, which had been increasing slowly during the 1970s and 1980s, suddenly started to fall rapidly during the 1990s.   view more (2003-09-21)

A&E doctors failing to warn women on the Pill of the risk of pregnancy while taking antibiotics
Accident and Emergency doctors are failing to warn women on the Pill of the risk of pregnancy associated with taking broad spectrum antibiotics. Two studies in the Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine, from different parts of the UK, show that women of childbearing age are not being routinely asked about their form of contraception when... view more... (1999-06-18)

Study finds two-thirds of unplanned pregnancies in women using contraception
A survey on contraception by French researchers has found that a third of the pregnancies among women in their study were unplanned and that two-thirds of these pregnancies occurred in contraception users. A fifth of the unplanned pregnancies happened among women using the Pill and a tenth among women using the IUD (intra-uterine device) - both... view more... (2003-04-26)

Women prescribed drugs linked to birth defects not often advised to use birth control
Although prescription medications that may increase the risk of birth defects are commonly used by women in their childbearing years, only about half receive contraceptive counseling from their health care providers.   view more (2007-09-18)

More research needed into access to emergency contraception, say University experts
Experts at The University of Nottingham have called for more research into whether systems for accessing emergency contraception are meeting the needs of younger women and those from poorer backgrounds.   view more (2005-05-13)

Study finds injectable birth control causes significant weight gain and changes in body mass
Women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot, gained an average of 11 pounds and increased their body fat by 3.4 percent over three years, according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB).   view more (2009-03-05)
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