Contraceptive Pill

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- Risk of blood clots from oral contraceptive pill - 9.1
- Contraceptive pill influences partner choice - 9
- Birth control pills may alter choice of partners - 5.9
- Ortho Evra contraceptive transdermal birth control patch label update - 5.6
- Emergency contraception does not reduce pregnancy rates - 4.7
- Contraceptive pills impair muscle gains in young women - 4.6
- Single PILL may prevent heart disease - 4.4
- IUD following abortion likely to prevent unintended pregnancy - 4.2
- Oral contraceptive pills can protect against ovarian cancer - 4.1
- Plan B as OTC for 17 year old women - 4.1

Contraceptive Pill articles

IUDs may lower cervical cancer risk
IUDs or intrauterine contraceptive devices could substantially reduce the risk of women developing cervical cancer, revealed by researchers in a recent study in Lancet Oncology.

Risk of blood clots from oral contraceptive pill
Researchers revealed that the combined oral contraceptive containing drospirenone carries a higher risk of venous thromboembolism than do formulations containing levonorgestrel.

Emergency contraception does not reduce pregnancy rates
Providing emergency contraception to women in advance of need does not reduce pregnancy rates, despite increased use and faster use after unprotected se_xual inte_rcourse.

Plan B as OTC for 17 year old women
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will not appeal a U.S. District Court order that 17 year old girls should have unrestricted, over-the-counter access to Plan B or so-called "emergency contraception."

Contraceptive pills impair muscle gains in young women
Oral contraceptive use impairs muscle gains in young women, and is associated with lower hormone levels, revealed by researchers.

Contraceptive pill influences partner choice
The contraceptive pill may disrupt women's natural ability to choose a partner genetically dissimilar to themselves, research at the Universities of Liverpool and Newcastle has found.

Oral contraceptive pills can protect against ovarian cancer
Use of oral contraceptives during a woman's life-time gives substantial long-term protection against ovarian cancer and the longer they are used, the greater the reduction in risk. These are the conclusions of authors of an Article in this week's edition of The Lancet - a medical journal in the United Kingdom.

Ortho Evra contraceptive transdermal birth control patch label update
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved additional changes to the Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal (Skin) Patch label to include the results of a new epidemiology study that found that users of the birth control patch were at higher risk of developing serious blood clots, also known as venous thromboembolism (VTE), than women using birth control pills. VTE can lead to pulmonary embolism.

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