Contraception
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Abortion politics lead to power struggles over family planning grants
A nonprofit sought the Title X administrator role in Montana to circumvent a Republican-sponsored law passed last year that required the state to...
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Drug combo holds promise as on-demand contraceptive: Study
The ideal is to be able to take a medication to prevent ovulation and know that you wouldn’t ovulate or be able to become pregnant for the next 3-...
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How effective are sterilization procedures? Study raises questions
“Women and pregnancy-capable people considering sterilization should be informed that, after the procedure, they have at least a 6% – not 1% –...
Commentary
Contraception for women taking enzyme-inducing antiepileptics
Because reproductive-aged women represent a population in which migraines are prevalent, clinicians need guidance to help women taking topiramate...
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Immediate postpartum IUD insertion increases expulsion risk
Breastfeeding was associated with a lower expulsion risk regardless of timing of IUD insertion.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA OKs first condom for anal sex
Though the CDC has long encouraged the use of a condom during anal intercourse, the FDA had not until now deemed this practice safe.
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Federal sex education programs linked to decrease in teen pregnancy
“This work shows that more wide-reaching sex education programs – those not limited to abstinence – are successful in lowering rates of teen...
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More than a month after launch, iPLEDGE glitches persist
The latest improvement attempt is a tool created by the Isotretinoin Products Manufacturers Group, the manufacturers responsible for the FDA-...
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FDA updates status of iPLEDGE access problems
The Isotretinoin Products Manufacturers Group has “created a new tool within the system to help resolve account access for some user groups...
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Medicaid expansion curbs disparities, increases immigrant access, in postpartum care
Expansion of Medicaid was associated with higher rates of postpartum coverage and reduced racial/ethnic disparities in postpartum care, and...
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Increased access to LARC may improve birth outcomes
Medicaid reimbursement for immediate postpartum LARC in South Carolina was associated with decreased probability of subsequent preterm birth and...