People with private health insurance typically obtain their contraceptive methods from private doctors’ offices, in-store clinics, or pharmacies, while just about everyone else relies on publicly funded health centers and family practice clinics for contraceptive care, a new study says.
Asking young people to contribute to research for improving contraceptive access can be a good strategy to improve contraception education and engagement that targets teenagers and young adults.
The most common sexually transmitted infection, human papillomavirus (HPV), also leads to a range of cancers in 10% of people infected with the virus. The most effective preventive measure is the HPV vaccine.
Women who received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine at the youngest age group of 9 to 12 years were less likely to participate in cervical cancer screening (a Pap test) than were those who received the vaccine during their teens and young adulthood, a new study finds.
A new study finds that patients who had preterm delivery were less likely to receive their desired permanent contraception when compared with patients who had at-term delivery.
People are interested in a reversible and effective male contraceptive at a time when researchers are closer than ever to making this a reality, studies show.
