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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. ...Estrone Sulfate, Ultra-Sensitive RIA Test
Description:...e generally 100 times higher than estrone and estradiol. Stanczyk FZ: Steroid Hormones. IN: Mishell DR, Davajan V, Lobo RA (eds.): Infertility contraception and Reproductive Endocrinology, 3rd. ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Inc. 1991, p.69. Levant SG & Barnes RB: Phar...Male contraception breakthroughs to be presented, Seattle Sept. 27-28
Seattle will be the place to be on September 27 and 28, when male contraception researchers from the U.S. and overseas gather to present their news. The second Future of Male Contraception conference sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, CONRAD, the World Hea...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. The usefulness of emergency contraception is questioned by Professor Anna Glasier, director of family planning and well woman services of ...Hormonal male contraception reversible after few months for all men
With hormonal male contraception likely to be available in the near future, results of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how such contraception is reversible within a few months. Currently available male contraceptive methods (condoms, withdrawal, and vasectomy) are not accepta...UTMB study identifies women at risk of gaining excessive weight with injectable birth control
...nd that physicians tailor counseling based on women's risk factors, closely monitor weight at each three-month follow-up visit and suggest a different contraception method to patients who gain significant weight within the first six months of use. Researchers found that early gainers exhibited three major risk ...Study explains potential failure of oral contraceptives with obese women
...h control pill is one of the most popular forms of contraception in the nation. "We don't have enough data yet t...s about this issue and consider a backup method of contraception at some times of the month." The study was just published in the journal contraception , by scientists from OSU, Oregon Health and Scienc...Gene discovery could lead to male contraceptive
...ide effects of a drug targeting the protein's function -- provide new targets for a pharmacological male contraceptive." Several approaches to male contraception are currently under investigation at other institutions. One approach that could potentially target CATSPER1 is immunocontraception where antibodies a...Study: Health undervalued in reproductive rights debate
.... "In these situations, you can see a direct clash between women's health and assertions of religious freedom. Increased pharmacist refusal to provide contraception and other actions like it are exactly what reproductive health advocates fear happening nationwide if conscience clauses become the norm." In anoth...Research shows that the pill does not deserve its reputation for causing weight gain
...iciency in Health Care (IQWiG). Different forms of contraception have other advantages and disadvantages that need ...assessed the research on several current issues in contraception and weight control and has now published easy-to-u... from the Pill not proven Hormonal methods of contraception and intrauterine devices (IUDs) are the most effec...3 Columbia University Medical Center faculty elected to Institute of Medicine
...as Mailman School of Public Health. She studies the effect of obesity on contraceptive effectiveness and leads several research projects investigating contraception and the epidemiology of womens reproductive health. Most recently, Dr. Westhoff was the principal investigator of a clinical trial of a novel oral con...Contraception: progress brings hope for new methods for men
...e? Elaine Lissner, director of the nonprofit Male contraception Information Project, says demand is the least of t...rsten Thompson, director of the International Male contraception Coalition, concurs. "Some men are quite desperate...tsburgh and BIOQUAL Inc. showed they could provide contraception in monkeys with no hormones and no shots needed. ...Publication Addresses Misconceptions About Emergency Contraception
MONTVALE, N.J., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The approval of an emergency contraceptive with over-the-counter access for individuals aged 18 years and older provides another option for preventing unintended pregnancy. However, many patients are uninformed or misinformed about how emergency contrac...Lilly Set to Unveil More Than 50 Studies at ASCO 2009
...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. ...Helping Young Women Succeed in Today's Unpredictable World
...uct Manager of Consumer Marketing at Duramed. "When the unexpected happens -- such as birth control failure or unprotected sex -- Plan B(R) emergency contraception provides women with a back-up plan. This new website extends that support to other areas of a young woman's life, providing a real ally that's easily...Sosei Agrees Terms With ASKA for Commercialisation of SOH-075 (NorLevo(R))
...uzpe method (ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel), a traditional emergency contraception method used since 1977. Levonorgestrel mono therapy for emergency contraception is listed as an essential drug by the WHO. About Sosei Sosei Group is a...Humanitarian Offers $75 Million for Single Dose Sterilization of Cats and Dogs
...through innovative strategies and community partnerships and works to develop sustainable, scalable animal welfare business models. The Alliance for contraception in Cats and Dogs (ACC&D) ( http://www.acc-d.org ) is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 whose mission is to expedite the successful introduction of methods to non-s...Lilly to Acquire ImClone Systems in $6.5 Billion Transaction
...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. You...