Contraception
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Establish confidentiality before discussing LARCs with teens
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Centering pregnancy program found to benefit adolescents
Major finding: More than half of adolescents who received prenatal care in a centering pregnancy program (62%) met Institute of Medicine...
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Brief educational intervention promotes postpartum LARC use
Major finding: Twenty-three percent of women who received the intervention changed their contraceptive method choice, with 94% of those choosing a...
Conference Coverage
Prenatal intention affects postpartum contraceptive use
Major finding: Rates of contraceptive use were similar at 6 months postpartum in the intervention and control groups, at 71% and 67%, respectively...
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LARCs appear safe in adolescents with CVD
Major finding: In a study of LARC use among adolescents with congenital cardiac anomalies or other cardiovascular disease, no cases of...
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Feds appeal ruling that makes Plan B available to all ages
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Plan B One-Step now OTC for women 15-16 years old
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Ruling allows all ages access to OTC emergency contraceptives
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The newly approved IUD: Which patients is Skyla appropriate for?
The “mini” levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system is smaller and of shorter duration. Here, a look at its design, effect on bleeding, and...