News articles tagged with 'contraceptive'
Do birth control pills cause weight gain? New research says no
— 20 Jan 2011 16:55 | HealthAccording to research conducted at the Oregon National Primate Research Centre at Oregon Health and Science University, the commonly held belief that oral contraceptives cause weight…
US family physicians miss opportunities to discuss IUDs with patients
— 12 Jan 2011 16:53 | HealthIntrauterine devices (IUDs) for contraception are safe and effective, but only a small fraction of women in the United States use them…
Egg meets sperm: The female side of the story
— 22 Oct 2010 17:10 | HealthResearchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have been able to describe the 3D structure of a complete egg receptor that binds sperm at the beginning of fertilisation.…
Oral contraceptive use associated with increased risk of breast cancer
— 4 Aug 2010 09:46 | HealthInvestigators from the Slone Epidemiology Centre at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have reported that African American women who use oral contraceptives have a greater…
Scientists discover human sperm gene is 600 million years old
— 16 Jul 2010 12:25 | HealthJust as styles in sexy clothes or fashion change from year to year and culture to culture, 'sexy' genes, or genes specific to sex, also change rapidly. But there is one sex-specific…
Obesity may harm your sexual health
— 16 Jun 2010 14:56 | HealthBeing obese impacts on sexual health according to research published on bmj.com today…
IUDs reduce pregnancy rates compared to hormonal contraceptives
— 16 Jun 2010 13:44 | HealthWomen who have had intrauterine devices (IUDs) fitted as contraceptives are less likely to become pregnant than those who have hormone injections, a new review by Cochrane Researchers…
Intrauterine devices reduce repeat abortions
— 10 Jun 2010 11:12 | HealthA study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, which monitored a group of women for 25 years showed that the combined oral contraceptive pill (the pill) is the most common form…
Convenience drives US women to buy over-the-counter contraception in Mexico, study finds
— 16 Apr 2010 00:23 | HealthAmerican women who live along the U.S.-Mexico border frequently buy over-the-counter oral contraceptives from Mexican pharmacies because they don't need a prescription and can send…
Medicine residues may threaten fish reproduction
— 4 Apr 2010 12:39 | EnvironmentResearchers at Umea University and the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have discovered that traces of many medicines can be found in fish that have been…