Contraception in Medical News

Video: FDA Approves Hologic's Adiana(R) Permanent Contraception System

Adiana system offers safe, simple, effective alternative to tubal ligation BEDFORD, Mass., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hologic, Inc., (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX ), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical pr...

Education may improve hospital prescription rate of emergency contraception to teens

PHILADELPHIA, March 5, 2009 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. Improved phys...

FDA Advisory Panel Finds Hologic's Adiana(R) Permanent Contraception Approvable

BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX ) announced today that the FDA Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Advisory Panel recommended that the pre-market application for Adiana(R) Permanent Contraception for female sterilization is Approvable. The panel rea...

ALL's Judie Brown: Supreme Court is Wrong on Contraception Ruling

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the Supreme Court's refusal to hear a case defending a religious institution's right to exclude contraception from its health care coverage, Judie Brown, president of American Life League, issued the following statement: The exerci...

Teens are heading in wrong direction: Likely to have sex, but not use contraception

Between 2003 and 2007, the progress made in the 1990s and early 2000s in improving teen contraceptive use and reducing teen pregnancy and childbearing stalled, and may even have reversed among certain groups of teens, according to the study "Changing Behavior Risk for Pregnancy Among High School S...

Injectable testosterone may provide effective male contraception

Chevy Chase, MDResearchers 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 ). ...

Improve Your Patients' Adherence to Contraception

MONTVALE, N.J., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Couples have different reproductive plans, lifestyles, religious prohibitions, and medical issues. This, combined with the array of contraceptive choices available, can make selecting the right contraceptive method challenging for many patients. The se...

Connecticut Bishops Back Down over Provision of Emergency Contraception

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for a Free Choice, issued the following statement: "After a two-year battle with the state's lawmakers, the Catholic bishops of Connecticut have agreed to provide emergency contraception to women who seek trea...

South African AIDS Delegates Issue Contraception Call

South Africa's national AIDS conference wrapped 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 d...

Emergency Contraception Does Not Reduce Unintended Pregnancy Rate

The “morning after pill” may be a good option for individual women in crisis, but advance access to emergency contraception is// no antidote for the national problem of unintended pregnancy. Contrary to the fears of critics, the presence of Plan B does not provoke riskier sexual behavior. ...

Counseling Helps Young Women Cut Drinking, Improve Contraception Use

A few nonjudgmental counseling sessions can prompt women to both scale back risky drinking and practice more effective contraception, according to a new study//. Prenatal alcohol exposure is a leading preventable cause of birth defects and developmental disabilities in the United States. This ...

Lancet Urges To Allow Emergency Contraception Drug As An OTC

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority is under pressure as it has been urged to make emergency contraception drug as an over-the counter drug//. Andrew von Eschenbach, acting Commissioner of the FDA has been urged to take an independent, non-biased decision on Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc...

Men happy to take contraception

According to researchers, Australian men's attitudes to hormonal contraception has found that an overwhelming majority would be prepared to shoulder the responsibility. The researchers, from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Monash Medical Centre, asked the male partners //of wome...

Developing Countries- Still The Least Likely To Use Contraception

A recent Analysis of the survey data from 55 developing countries has shown that, a ‘contraceptive gap’ separates the very poor from the rest of society.// It was already well known that rates of use of modern contraceptives have risen over several decades, but it was not clear whether this wa...

New Drugs Would Help Men to Play an Equal Role in Contraception

Scientists at Kings College, London have developed a new drug that might cease men from ejaculation during sex.// The concept on which the drug is based on is that the contraction of the longitudinal muscle in the vas deferens is prevented, thus sperms are not propelled out of the penis. ...

Chlamydia Screening To Be Offered With Emergency Contraception

In an effort to identify and treat a potentially huge unknown population at risk of untreated Chlamydia, women requesting emergency contraception will be offered fast-tracked // screening for the disease. Chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a tiny bacterium, Chlamydia tr...

New ! Male Contraception

With the exception of condoms and vasectomy, contraception is typically left up to the woman. Pills, patches, and shots are among the many choices in a woman's contraceptive repertoire. Until now, men have had little to choose from, so researchers have been searching for new options. Now, they may ...

Limiting sperm motility for contraception

An ion channel protein that plays a central role in sperm motility could be an enticing target for a new type of contraceptive that could be taken by either men or women to block the process of fertilization. The newly discovered protein, called CatSper, controls the flow of calcium into the tails ...

Common contraception

A unique protein that only occurs in sperm could be the key to a new contraceptive for both men and women.The protein, named CatSper, is an ion channel protein that controls the flow of calcium into sperm tails. Calcium is crucial in enabling sperm to swim, so a drug designed to block the channel w...

Warner Chilcott Reports Operating Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2009 and Updates 2009 Full Year Guidance

... Quarter Ended Six Months Ended June-30-09 June-30-08 June-30-09 June-30-08 Oral contraception ("OC") LOESTRIN 24 FE $58.0 $50.2 $110.4 $97.1 FEMCON FE 12.4 10.7 25.3 21...

Hologic Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Operating Results

...inistration (FDA) approval of our Adiana Permanent contraception System on July 6, 2009. Third quarte... the recent FDA approval of our Adiana( )Permanent contraception System and are thrilled to be able to offer women a new alternative for their long-term contraception needs. Finally, we remain committed to developing ...

Lilly to Unveil More Than 30 Studies at Premier Lung Cancer Meeting

...regnant, or are nursing, please tell your healthcare team. ALIMTA may harm your unborn or nursing baby. Your physician may advise you to use effective contraception (birth control) to prevent pregnancy while you are being treated with ALIMTA. If you have liver or kidney problems, be sure to tell your doctor...

FDA OKs Single-Dose Plan B Emergency Contraceptive

...me to fruition," Conlin said in a news release. More information The U.S. National Women's Health Information Center has more about emergency contraception . -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., news release, July 13, 2009 ...

Lilly Receives Fourth FDA Approval for ALIMTA(R) (pemetrexed for injection)

...regnant, or are nursing, please tell your healthcare team. ALIMTA may harm your unborn or nursing baby. Your physician may advise you to use effective contraception (birth control) to prevent pregnancy while you are being treated with ALIMTA. If you have liver or kidney problems, be sure to tell your doctor. ...

Premium Latex Condom Donation by IBI Synergy, Inc. Are You Looking For a Few Good Latex Condoms?

...tion being two cases. Spermicidal N-9 latex condoms are produced by coating the condom with the spermicidal lubricant. This product, N-9, enhances contraception by reducing the amount of active sperms. It does not provide any extra safety against HIV or any other sexually transmitted diseases. It is not intend...

Spectrum Names Katherine Maynard Chief Operating Officer

...armaceutical product launches and patient advocacy communications campaigns, spanning the women's health research, oncology, dermatology, infertility, contraception and cardiology categories. She became Executive Vice President, Client Services in early 2007, and today counsels health industry, hospitals, medical ...

ALIMTA(R) (pemetrexed for injection) Receives Positive Opinion From CHMP as Maintenance Therapy for Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

...regnant, or are nursing, please tell your healthcare team. ALIMTA may harm your unborn or nursing baby. Your physician may advise you to use effective contraception (birth control) to prevent pregnancy while you are being treated with ALIMTA. If you have liver or kidney problems, be sure to tell your doctor....

New Initiative Poised To Reduce Maternal Mortality Rates By More Than 25 Percent

...ulation pressures, and innovations in poverty reduction. Pathfinder provides women, men, and adolescents with a range of quality health services--from contraception and maternal care to HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment. Pathfinder strives to strengthen access to family planning, ensure availability of sa...

Parents Influence Sex Decisions, Hispanic Teens Say

...lationships, but only 49 percent said their parents had talked to them about contraception. The most common reason why the teens said they did not use contraception was fear that their parents might find out about it. The survey also found that: 74 percent of Hispanic teens think that parents send different ...

MTV Chronicles the Challenges of Teen Pregnancy in '16 & Pregnant' Premiering on Thursday, June 11th at 10pm ET/PT

...sion making about sex, offers insight into what to do if you think you could be pregnant, are pregnant, had unprotected sex, and how to choose and use contraception properly. " 16 & Pregnant " is Executive Produced by Morgan J Freeman Tony DiSanto is Executive Producer for MTV. Dia Sokol is Co-Executi...

Researchers identify key proteins needed for ovulation

...or treating infertility in women, this understanding might also lead to ways to prevent ovulation from occurring, for the development of new means of contraception Dr. De Paolo said. To conduct the study, Dr. Richards and her colleagues used mice that lacked the genes needed to produce ERK1 and ERK2. The ovari...

Retrospective Analysis Finds Treatment of Cancer Chemotherapy Patients With Epoetin Alfa Associated With Lower Drug Cost Than Darbepoetin Alfa

...rs). In some female patients, menses have resumed following PROCRIT therapy; the possibility of pregnancy should be discussed and the need for contraception evaluated. Prior to and regularly during PROCRIT therapy monitor iron status; transferrin saturation should be greater than or equal to 20% an...

Pro-Life Spokeswoman Objects to FDA Approval of 'Morning-After Pill' for Minors Without Prescription

...ch to the surprise of the morning-after pill's early advocates, five years of research in Europe and the U.S. shows that increased access to emergency contraception has failed to reduce rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion. But it has led to greater sexual risk-taking among adolescent populations, in turn le...

Middle school youth as young as 12 engaging in risky sexual activity

...s and attitudes to help them wait until they are older to have sex," Markham said. "And we need to provide skills and knowledge related to condoms and contraception for youth who are already sexually active." The study recommends that sexually active students also need to receive accurate and factual informatio...

U.S. District Court Finds the FDA's Actions on Plan B(R) Tainted by Politics

...ds it." This ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights against the FDA for its failure to make emergency contraception Plan B available over-the-counter. The lawsuit claimed that the FDA broke its own rules and regulations, ignored medical consensus, as well as the exp...

Federal Court Rules FDA Must Reconsider Plan B Decision

...he FDA's own rules, the only legitimate criteria for making a drug available without a prescription are safety and efficacy," said Northup. "Emergency contraception is proven safe and effective and today, all women -- including young women for whom the barriers and the benefits are so great -- are one step close...

Teen Birth Rate Up For Second Year in a Row

...e influential than they think, and (2) adults and teens view efforts that encourage teens to delay sex and that encourage sexually active teens to use contraception as complimentary n ot contradictory strategies. In particular: Teens say parents (31%) most influence their decisions about sex -...

Female Health Company Receives FDA Approval for FC2 Female Condom(R)

...he risk of FC2 failure modes during use was comparable to FC1. Results from the study were originally published in the journal Contraception. (See contraception 73 (2006) 386- 393.) Special Investor Conference Call FHC will host an investor conference call tomorrow, March 12, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. East...

Research Says Better Physician Education Would Improve Hospital Prescription of Emergency Birth Control to Teens

...-USNewswire/ -- Many doctors don't offer emergency contraception pills to adolescents who may benefit from them dur...und that while 85 percent had prescribed emergency contraception pills (ECP), more than 80 percent of those doctors...n be used to prevent pregnancy when other forms of contraception (like birth control pills or condoms) have not bee...

Study finds injectable birth control causes significant weight gain and changes in body mass

...MB). However, women who switched to nonhormonal contraception began to slowly lose the weight and fat mass they ...r pounds over two years, while those who used oral contraception after the shots gained an average of four addition...l (bilateral tubal ligation, condom or abstinence) contraception for three years. DMPA users who discontinued this ...