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  1. Justice Dept to Appeal Morning-After Case

    Wed, 1 May 2013

    decision lifting all age limits on the Plan B morning-afer birth control pill and a cheaper generic. The federal government says the and cheaper generic. The judge mandated that emergency contraception be sold just like aspirin. On Tuesday, the FDA said anyone

  2. Govt Mulls Next Step on Contentious Plan B Pill

    Wed, 1 May 2013

    Selling the morning-after birth control pill right next to condoms limit of 17 — and that the pill no longer has to be locked mandating that emergency contraception be sold just like aspirin every step of the way." Contraception advocates see a double standard 15-year-olds to buy the pill off the shelf would be more

  3. US: Women in NY, NJ Forced Into Sex 25 Times a Day

    Wed, 1 May 2013

    trade for two years before he was deported. According to the complaint, the ring provided its victims with condoms and birth control pills while making them have sex with up to 30 men a day. The men paid $30 for 15 minutes. The women sometimes got a $15

  4. FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Plan B for Women 15 and Older

    Wed, 1 May 2013

    forward to expand access to emergency contraception and for preventing unintended pregnancy Poor Teens Lack Access to Emergency Contraception The morning after pill is intended to be used when other contraception fails, such as when a condom breaks synthetic hormone levonorgestrel, the pill works by preventing a fertilized egg

  5. FDA: Morning-After Pill to Move Over-the-Counter

    Tue, 30 Apr 2013

    emergency contraceptive without a prescription — and said it no longer has to be kept behind pharmacy counters. Instead, the pill can sit on drugstore shelves just like condoms, but that buyers would have to prove their age at the cash register. Earlier

  6. 9 Health Habits Worth Rethinking

    Mon, 29 Apr 2013

    lowdown on 10 potentially worrisome everyday habits so you will know just when you can—and can't—relax. You Skip a Birth - Control Pill Now and Then The verdict: It won't kill you, but... It could get you pregnant. For every 100 women using oral contraceptives

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  1. Judge Orders That 'Morning-After' Pill Be Sold Over-the-Counter for Those Under 17

    Fri, 5 Apr 2013

    when it recommended that emergency contraception be sold over the counter in December Prevention or Abortion? New Emergency Contraception Pill Walks the Line The morning after pill is intended to be used when other contraception fails, such as when a condom breaks synthetic hormone levonorgestrel, the pill works by preventing a fertilized egg

  2. Teen Pregnancy Declining But Repeat Pregnancy Still High

    Wed, 3 Apr 2013

    block Latinas from accessing contraception ," the organization said the group, which wants oral contraception like the pill to be available over the mentor about everything from contraception to breastfeeding, have

  3. Libido Boosters for Every Age

    Fri, 8 Mar 2013

    recent study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine confirms that the Pill , a 20-something birth control favorite, actually causes North American Menopause Society, prescribes low-dose birth control pills for many of his patients "to turn off the ovaries' erratic

  4. Planned Parenthood Goes After Sen. McConnell With New TV Ad

    Fri, 22 Feb 2013

    lawmakers this week supporting the craft chain Hobby Lobby in its lawsuit seeking to avoid mandatory health coverage of birth control pills in its employee health plans. Utah GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch led the group of senators in their effort, The Washington Times

  5. PM Note: Sequester By a Thousand Cuts, A 'Give Me a Break', Will Obama Join Prop 8. Fight?, Oscar and Politics

    Fri, 22 Feb 2013

    lawmakers this week supporting the craft chain Hobby Lobby in its lawsuit seeking to avoid mandatory health coverage of birth control pills in its employee health plans. Utah GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch led the group of senators in their effort, The Washington Times

  6. Unplanned Pregnancies Hurt Military Women, Mission Readiness

    Thu, 24 Jan 2013

    barriers to accessing contraception . Women said they some women to think contraception was not available reliability of the birth control pill , which must be taken Popular forms of contraception , like the "ring long-term supply of birth control pills , for example, including

  7. Woman Takes Tamoxifen to Prevent Breast Cancer, Loses Ovaries

    Tue, 22 Jan 2013

    breast cancer specialist at Duke University Medical Center, said these risks were on par with those associated with taking birth control pills . The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that clinicians discuss tamoxifen with their high-risk patients

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  1. Morning After Pill Available OTC for All Ages

    Fri, 5 Apr 2013

    young to have access to emergency contraception , known as plan b? Tonight, a federal all ages, teenagers, to get that contraception over the counter. No doctor's how plan b works. Once you swallow the pill , a blast of hormones hitting the It a super-sized dose of the birth control pill . Younger women have not at higher

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    a teachable moment. Reporter: Here's how plan b works. Once you swallow the pill , a blast of hormones hitting the fa lope yan tubes, stopping the egg and sperm in their tracks, preventing fertilization. It can prevent an egg from attaching to the womw. It a super-sized dose of the birth control pill . Younger women have not at higher risk for side effects. We know it's a very, very safe medication for young women to
  2. New Contraception Suspends Menstruation

    Fri, 15 Dec 2006

    safe. The oral contraceptive marketed continuous oral contraceptive regiment to giving the pill on an intermittent you look contraception really is the form of birth control pills either intermittent continuous birth control pills or other protesting contraception . Relatively they started the pill . And they

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    there are more options available to women. Either in the form of birth control pills either intermittent or continuous birth control pills or other forms of contraception which they can individually feel comfortable with. But there is a higher usage rate. That's the main benefit so this I think is a study that shows that there is another alternative coming down the pike for continuous. Low dose estrogen and protesting contraception . Relatively quick question doctor downing. Why the pregnancies during this during this study a couple one there were some patients that -- actually already pregnant when they started the pill . And -- they were very very early in the pregnancy. Two is that there's not a 100% efficacy -- well abstinence that's the only one that's a 100% efficacy. Efficacious but there is always a small breakthrough population -- and anti contraceptive. Study. The reasons mr. try to -- to get as low dose of contraception as possible to minimize the side effects of the estrogen emperor Justin. While the same time still suppressing population. And getting that
  3. Birth Control Pill Yaz Dangerous for Women?

    Tue, 6 Dec 2011

    country's most popular birth control pills . It's called for women. A birth control pill but also affected anything. All birth control pills come with some higher risks other birth control pills and George this

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    whether to require new warnings on one of the country's most popular birth control pills . It's called yeah -- has been marketed as something of a magic pill to treat common ailments while prevents pregnancy. US sales totaled nearly 800 million dollars in 2009. But new research suggests that -- -- endangering some women. Here's one actually anchor Chris Cuomo. The film born and turn. Yeah has pitched as a dream come true for women. A birth control pill but also affected at easing severe PMS. Even clearing up your skin that's the only animal sounds like American -- 24 year
    Right now. Can you see me now. Can you see anything. All birth control pills come with some risk two to four women for 101000 will suffer blood clots but with jazz which is made by bear
    alleged victims are so it. Saying yes has higher risks -- other birth control pills and George this is the important point they say. They can show that bear was aware of the risks and concealed. The
  4. "Third Generation" Oral Contraceptives

    Wed, 14 Feb 2007

    History of contraception that is how hormones in the birth control pills . Lowering combination. Oral contraceptive birth control pill . And it's versions of the pill described versions of the pill are still of with a birth control pill . Not this

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    Let's start by asking you to give us a brief. History of contraception that is how it's changed over the years since first introduced in the 1960s. Well specifically with oral contraceptives when they first came out they had a very high levels they were first estrogen alone. Tell that was shown that that caused some problems with the lining of the uterus and then progesterone was added. Over the years they've been able to decrease the amount of hormones in the birth control pills . Lowering them to a level that are still -- to prevent pregnancy but not and that higher range that caused some of
  5. Oral Contraception And Heart Conditions?

    Mon, 28 Jan 2008

    first need to clarify with their cardiologists what the heart condition is. Taking oral which oral birth control pills or oral contraception . Typically years. Would raise and there ask of having a blood clot if they have a specific form of

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    cardiologists what the heart condition is. Taking oral -- -- which oral birth control pills or oral contraception . Typically years. Would raise and there -- ask of having a blood clot if they have a specific form of heart disease.
  6. Is Birth Control a Libido Killer?

    Thu, 16 Sep 2010

    luster since going on the pill believe it or not oral contraceptive may cause libido up after taking the pill and that's because most women who take the pill have a issue. No learn about the birth control pill in the side effects

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    tell all my students listen if you want to learn about the birth control pill in the side effects yet to know how it works of the pill works by preventing pregnancy by shrinking the body. And it's already pregnant so what side effects. Nausea weight gain breast tenderness of
  7. Scientists: The Male Birth Control Pill

    Fri, 17 Aug 2012

    scientists think that they finally have the elusive. Male birth control pill finalized well maybe by the end of the decades we still a molecule that could really lead to reversible. Male birth control pill Basically moves into the bloodstream it goes down the wedding

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    an interesting one scientists think that they finally have the elusive. Male birth control pill finalized -- well maybe by the end of the decades we still got a ways to go. But listen that this -- from a Harvard where. Around my baby making days yes exactly right but apparently Harvard and Baylor University ever done some studies and they found a molecule that could really lead to -- reversible. Male birth control pill -- Basically moves into the bloodstream it goes down -- the wedding tackle as you say and that goes there's -- yeah.
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