Tag: contraception

1. Previous pregnancies, age <35 years and increasing proportion of sex acts without protection were predictive of incidental pregnancy. 2. ...

1. Women taking newer formulations of combined oral contraceptive pills, with the exception of norgestimate, were more likely to have ...

1. Family planning providers were nearly four times more likely to use long-acting reversible contraception than women in the general ...

1. Contraceptive implants and hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) remained highly effective for four and six years respectively, one year beyond their ...

1. Most patients in a dermatology clinic had gaps in their baseline knowledge of contraceptive effectiveness and overestimated the typical ...

1. Hormonal contraception use was more prevalent among women who developed glioma, a brain tumor, to women without glioma. 2. ...

1. Women using a progesterone-releasing IUD for birth control had significantly fewer unintended pregnancies, including ectopics, compared to those using a ...

1. A moderately increased risk of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) acquisition was demonstrated for all women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate ...

In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Effect ...

1. The American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) recommends that pediatricians offer long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) such as the IUD or ...