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Male Contraception: Discovery Stirring Interest Among Scientists, Drug Developers

...rocess that occurs there. “One approach to male contraception is to disable sperm from swimming, and we think SFEC may be able to play a role in that process,” Herr noted. Dr. Young-Hwan Kim, the UVa researcher who discovered SFEC and led the study, found the new protein in the distal part of the sperm tail, ...

Counseling Helps Young Women Cut Drinking, Improve Contraception Use

...to adjust their excessive drinking and ineffective contraception habits. “What we were able to do was to help th...kills to help each woman consider her drinking and contraception habits. During the sessions, the women examined the pros and cons of their behavior. The women were ...

An End to Periods?

..., many gynecologists believe that the week without contraception – during which a woman experiences a “withdrawal b...n doing this for years,” she says, “using hormonal contraception for treating women with painful, heavy or irregular periods, or painful premenstrual symptoms.” Me...

Lost That Lovin' Feeling? Don't Blame the Pill

...a way to predict whether certain types of hormonal contraception – or certain segments of the population – are more...ing for a consistent biological effect of hormonal contraception on sexual desire, androgens would probably be the factor most suspected to play a role, said Schaffi...

Viagra to Be an OTC Drug Soon

...provision in prescribing regulations. Emergency contraception is provided in this way. Other examples are diamorphine painkillers for people who have had a heart attack, antidotes to biological weapons and antiviral drugs in flu pandemic. Viagra, the blue diamond –shaped anti-impotence pill launched in 1998, ...

Indian Doctors Headed to Lahore to Take Part in Gynecology Conference

...hts, infertility, menopause// , medical education, contraception and safe abortion and its relevance in the South A...ual and reproductive rights, medical education and contraception and safe abortions. Other topics to be discussed are ultrasound, menopause, infections and high-risk...

Rajasthan Launches Programs to Overcome Misconceptions About Childbirth

...te's Health Minister Digamber Singh, the emergency contraception program was jointly launched by board members of P... to encourage and promote the concept of emergency contraception amongst local people. Emergency contraception is a concentrated dose of the hormone found in many...

Parents To Blame For Soaring Counts Of Binge-Drinkers And Smokers

...ors entreated for the wider provision of emergency contraception and contraceptive advice for underage pupils, sayi...valuable service". School nurses provide emergency contraception such as morning-after pills as well as contraceptive devices to students. The Ofsted report on per...

Emergency Contraception Does Not Reduce Unintended Pregnancy Rate

...l women in crisis, but advance access to emergency contraception is// no antidote for the national problem of unint...dvance supply of birth control pills for emergency contraception had an equal chance of becoming pregnant as women who did not have early access to the pills. The ...

New York Governor to Introduce Bill to Strengthen Abortion Rights

...zes, among other things, providing nonprescription contraception to minors,” according to the governor’s office. “Even if the Supreme Court does not understand the law, we do,” Spitzer said and added, “New York State will continue to be a beacon of civil rights and protection of women’s rights.” New York’s ab...

Teenagers Do Not Heed to Sex Abstinence Talks

...ment to change tack and talk to young people about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases and not just about abstaining from sex. "I always say abstinence should be the first, second, third and last thing out of our mouths - it just shouldn't be the only thing," Smith said. Source-IANS/L...

Condom Promotion-Crucial To HIV/AIDS Prevention

...regularly use condoms; even then, it is mainly for contraception rather than protection against HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. If the rapid spread of HIV in India is to be halted, condoms must become much more widely known about, accepted and used. India's National AIDS Control Organization plan...

South African AIDS Delegates Issue Contraception Call

...ped up on Friday with delegates issuing a call for contraception to be made more widely available and for more research into prevention methods. Male circumcision and female condoms both needed to be more readily obtainable, delegates said in a draft declaration document which also outlined new suggestions over...

FDA Approves Birth Control Pill for Continuous Use

...g menstrual period indefinitely. The first ever contraception pill to put off periods altogether when taken without a break, Lybrel was approved by the FDA Tuesday. Standard birth control pills have a 21-days on, and a 7-days off regimen that are placebos or pill-free. Women who use Lybrel would not have a me...

New Pill to Suppress Menstrual Bleeding Indefinitely

...ss often and a majority of doctors have prescribed contraception to prevent periods. "I think it's the beginning of it being very common," said Dr. Leslie Miller, a University of Washington-Seattle obstetrician-gynecologist who runs a website focused on suppressing periods. "Lybrel says, 'You don't need a period...

Family Planning Initiatives Central To Reducing Child Mortality in Developing Countries

...ll-being of mothers, including providing access to contraception and quality childbirth care; investing in basic, low-cost solutions to save children's lives; making health care available to the poorest and most vulnerable mothers and children; and increasing funding and improving strategies to provide basic and e...

Poor Health Practices Plague Rajasthan Tribal Women

...ercent women of these tribes use modern methods of contraception and around 15 percent firmly believe in using traditional methods for avoiding pregnancy. The study revealed that the main reason behind this was lack of easy availability of modern contraceptives, traditional myths and misconception, fear of side ...

Virginity Rules-Meant To Be Broken?

...d, especially among older ones, more likely to use contraception when they do not abstain. While the reasons are no...omprehensive sex education programs, which discuss contraception beyond the failure rates, have a better scientific grounding. New laws in Colorado, Iowa and Washing...

Implanon,norplant,Jadelle - Vary in Side Effects

...aceptives compared to other reversible methods of contraception found that they were all good at preventing pregnancy. No one subdermal implant was found to be any more or less effective than the others in preventing unwanted pregnancies. The most common side effect with all the implants was changes in bleedi...

MEN as Partners to MEND Maternal Health A World Population Day Initiative

... to believe." To avoid unplanned pregnancies, contraception is a must and all women must have access to it. For expectant women, skilled care during delivery is an absolute necessity. Towards this, there are many shining examples of improvements to obstetric care and emergency care that has reflected in a tan...

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