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Q&A: Important messages for PCPs on World Contraception Day
Maria Rodriguez Rachel Peragallo Urrutia Each year, World Contraception Day is recognized on September 26 to raise awareness of all available contraceptive methods and to...
58 minutes ago - Healio
Pediatric Provider Education and Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception in Adolescents
Pediatric primary care providers prescribe the majority of contraception to adolescents, but they often lack training in long-acting reversible contraception. Our objective was...
10 days ago - Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Oral Contraceptive Use Link to Childhood Leukemia
Maternal use of combined estrogen/progestin oral contraception near or during pregnancy was significantly associated with an increased risk for non-lymphoid-type leukemia in...
12 days ago - Medscape
Two New Contraceptive Methods: More Choice or More Risk?
Dr Andrew Kaunitz comments on the benefits of one of these new methods and some concerns about the other. Medscape Ob/Gyn
13 days ago - Medscape
Texting as a Strategy to Increase Contraception Use Compliance in Adolescent Females
“Teen pregnancy prevention is one of the Center for Disease Control 's top seven priorities”. The National Center for Health Statistics recently reported that more than half of...
15 days ago - Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Brett Kavanaugh Calls Birth Control An ‘Abortion-Inducing Drug'
Brett Kavanaugh's thoughts on birth control are terrifyingly ignorant During yesterday's Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh , we learned...
18 days ago - Scary Mommy - 3 articles
Why Do Female Troops Get Pregnant During Deployment?
Military's efforts to provide contraception seen falling short
19 days ago - MedPageToday
What days can you get pregnant?
Females are most fertile within a day or two of ovulation, which is known as the fertile window. Being able to calculate when the fertile window will occur may be helpful for...
25 days ago - Medical News Today
Make the Diagnosis: What Can You Tell Her About these Patches?
A 33-year-old Hispanic woman who had recently started taking oral contraceptives again after the birth of her second child went to her dermatologist to ask about hyperpigmented...
26 days ago - MedPageToday
Is it possible to get pregnant while on birth control?
Although some forms of birth control are nearly 100 percent effective, they can fail sometimes. In this article, we explain why different types of birth control fail and...
27 days ago - Medical News Today
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