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06/30/2018 / By Russel Davis

Contraceptive injection is a hormone cocktail that actually increases risk of HIV infection

An analysis published in the journal Endocrine Reviews, the flagship publication of the Endocrine Society, revealed that the contraceptive injection depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) may increase the risk of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among women from sub-Saharan Africa and other high-risk regions. A team of researchers at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the […]

09/22/2017 / By Russel Davis

Tired of taking those hormone-wrecking birth control pills? There’s an app for that — and it’s just as effective, according to landmark study

A recent study published in Contraception revealed that the fertility app Natural Cycles is 99 percent effective when used perfectly. The app makes use of daily body temperature readings to determine when it is safe to have unprotected sex and when to use contraception or abstain from sex. Days rendered as safe for unprotected sex were classified as green days, while days […]

07/12/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Young woman died from blood clot linked to contraceptive, investigation reveals

On the early morning of Aug. 26, 2016, 20-year-old Abbey Parkes suffered from a cardiac arrest at her home in Tunstall, Staffordshire. Her live-in boyfriend, Liam Grocott, immediately contacted emergency services and paramedics found her slumped in the living room, unconscious and not breathing. After an hour and a half in the emergency room, Abbey […]

05/01/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Population control? Maine wants to issue a yearly supply of dangerous birth control to women

Birth control has been a topic of immense debate in recent years, and Maine has taken the controversy to a new level with a recent bill regarding the popular medication. One of the aims of the new legislation is to allow women to pick up an entire year’s worth of birth control at once. Currently, […]

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