Contraceptive Technology Update
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Who should not use Essure?
Who should not use Essure? -
Women who want permanent birth control now have a second option
American women now have a choice when it comes to permanent birth control: They can opt to undergo tubal ligation or choose the Essure transcervical sterilization procedure. -
Check your options to expand IUD access
Your patient is a young mother in a mutually monogamous relationship who cannot tolerate oral contraceptives, has heavy menses, and says she doesnt want to use an injectable birth control method. She has no medical insurance coverage. What options can you offer her? -
New data address impact of sterilization
Since about one-fourth of all U.S. women ages 15-44 who have ever married have undergone tubal sterilization,1 chances are that you have counseled women about their permanent contraceptive options. -
Will ‘Quick Start’ give women jump on pill use?
You reviewed the instructions for initiating the first pack of oral contraceptives (OCs) with your patient. She elects to use the Sunday start, beginning pills on the first Sunday after her next period. When she returns for a follow-up visit in a few months, though, you discover she never started the pills and now is pregnant. -
CTUpdate: Get new fact book on sterilization
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CTUpdate: Designer pill packs are now available
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Ask the Experts: Mountaineering: How can it impact OC risk?
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HERS II data: HRT does not lower cardiac risk
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Collaboration was key to terminology, guidelines