Contraceptive Technology Update – January 1, 2015
January 1, 2015
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Reproductive health forecast: Look for more options for women
The need for new contraception options is clear. In the United States, about half of the some 3.4 million pregnancies each year are unintended. -
New year, new device; offer barrier method option to your patients
With clearance from the Food and Drug Administration in hand, the German company licensed to market the Caya contoured diaphragm is seeking distribution and marketing partners to introduce the device in the United States. -
New STD guidance on way: Be prepared
Publication of the newly updated Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on its way. The proposed new guidance, which replaces information published in 2010, will provide the latest evidence-based treatment recommendations. -
Drug interactions and the Pill: Clincians need to check the facts
To evaluate possible drug-drug interactions with combined pills, clinicians need to understand how the estrogen and progestin in pills are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated. -
Quality Family Planning - Put it into practice
“Providing Quality Family Planning Services — Recommendations of CDC and the U.S. Office of Population Affairs” is the newest member in the “suite” of family planning recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. -
Family planning issues might be in this Congress' crosshairs
In the wake of the 2014 midterm elections, Congress has shifted decidedly to the political right. When the 114th Congress convenes in January 2015, Republicans will have their largest majority in the House of Representatives since World War II and will control the Senate for the first time since 2007.