Contraception
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IUDs may increase background enhancement on breast MRI
However, “the study findings raise the question as to whether IUD status should be documented as a matter of course prior to performing breast MRI...
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Texas practitioners see increased interest in birth control since near-total abortion ban
Medical staffs are doubling down on educating patients about birth control. They recognize the strategy isn't foolproof but are desperate to...
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FDA OKs iPLEDGE change for gender-neutral language
In recent years, dermatologists and others have advocated for the change, hoping to make the process more inclusive and less intrusive for their...
Opinion
Telehealth abortions are 95% effective, similar to in-person care
Researchers found that 95% of women who received abortion medications via telehealth had a successful abortion without additional medical...
Commentary
Mifepristone freed of restrictions for the pandemic
Since evidence shows that medication abortion is extremely safe, why is mifepristone so restricted?
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California to pay victims of forced, coerced sterilizations
California’s proposal is unique because it would pay women the state coerced to get sterilized while they were in prison, some as recently as 2010...
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Greater travel distance reduces rates of abortion
Increases in median travel distance to an abortion care facility were associated with lower abortion rates.
Conference Coverage
Women not told about need for contraception after IVF births
“I think many women genuinely think that contraception after IVF just doesn’t apply, but lots of women do have natural pregnancies after IVF.”
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Pregnancy risk is low with negative test at IUD placement
Frequency or timing of unprotected intercourse within 14 days before IUD placement had no impact on pregnancy if preplacement test was negative....
Commentary
How about contraceptives for men?
Getting these products to market will be half the battle – getting men to commit to using these options and women to trust male compliance may...
News
Oral contraceptive with new estrogen earns approval
Estetrol is an estrogen that is naturally produced during pregnancy, but will now be produced from a plant source.