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Results of new research suggest that being overweight may increase womens risk of becoming pregnant while using oral contraceptives. How do these findings play into contraceptive counseling for clinicians?
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New research indicates that use of the contraceptive patch results in greater cost savings and reductions in pregnancy, compared with combination oral contraceptives, due to improved compliance by patients.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert concerning use of unapproved home-use diagnostic test kits marketed over the Internet.
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New research indicates that lower bone density appears to recover in adolescent females once they stop using the contraceptive injection depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA, Depo Provera, Pfizer, New York City).
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Register now for the annual Contraceptive Technology: Quest for Excellence conference, scheduled for Oct. 27-29, 2005, in Atlanta.
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The push is on to develop an effective male contraceptive, with almost $8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) going to researchers at the University of Kansas in Lawrence and the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City toward identifying potential chemical compounds for such use.
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The 15-year-old young woman in your exam room tells you that she has crampy pelvic pain that begins shortly before or at the onset of her menstrual period that lasts one to three days. She says she usually misses a day of school each month due to the pain. What is your next move?
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Investigators now are looking at a transcervical sterilization option that, if proven safe and effective, will give women another alternative for permanent contraception.
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The next patient in your exam room is in her mid-20s. While she is in generally good health, you note she weighs in at 210 pounds. What contraceptive methods do you offer her?
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Legislators across the nation are grappling with the contentious issue of whether pharmacists have the right to refuse to fill birth control prescriptions on moral or religious grounds and in turn the obligation of pharmacies to meet the needs of consumers seeking to avoid unintended pregnancies if and when pharmacists refuse.