Oral Contraceptive Pills

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  Understanding How Morning-After Pill Affects Women's Reproductive Health

  Women's Health: According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) are effective only in the first few days following intercourse, before the ovum is released from the ovary and before the sperm fertilises the ovum.

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  Oral Contraceptives May Be Impairing Fear-Regulation In Women: Study

  Synthetic hormones in oral contraceptive pills may be impairing fear-regulating processes in women's brains, scientists have found in a study.

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  Emergency Contraceptive Pills: Are There Any Side Effects Of Emergency Contraceptive Pills?

  Emergency contraceptive pills are known as the postcoital contraceptives because they are meant to be used after sexual intercourse.

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  A Birth Control Pill For Men Includes A Side Effect That Has Frustrated Women For Decades

  It's been more than a century since Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and nearly 60 years since the first oral contraceptive was approved by the FDA.

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  Birth Control Pills For Men Now Found To Be Safe-Know More

  Researchers have found an experimental oral contraceptive to be safe in men with hormone responses consistent with effective contraception.

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  This New Male Birth Control Pill Is Safe To Use, Say Researchers

  In a major step forward in the development of a once-daily "male pill", researchers have found an experimental oral contraceptive to be safe in men with hormone responses consistent with effective contraception.

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  Contraceptive Pills Driving Fall In Ovarian Cancer Deaths

  Widespread use of oral contraceptives has driven the fall in deaths from ovarian cancer worldwide, a major study has found.

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  Lupin Launches Generic Oral Contraceptive Tablets in US

  Drug major Lupin has launched its Tri-Lo-Marzia tablets, an oral contraceptive drug, in the US market after getting approval from the American health regulator.

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  Bayer Sued In Germany Over Contraceptive Pill After Health Scares

  "If I'd known, I'd never have taken this pill," says Felicitas Rohrer, who is suing German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer, claiming its oral contraceptive Yasminelle caused her to suffer a pulmonary embolism.

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  World Hypertension Day: Don't Pop That Pill on Your Own, Self-Medication Can be Life Threatening

  Change in the lifestyle of the youth, lack of nutritious food, steroids and oral contraceptives are among the major reasons that are causing hypertension among the young population.

• Glenmark gets nod from US health regulator for oral contraceptive pills

  Drug firm Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said it has received final approval from the US health regulator for its generic contraceptive norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol tablets.

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  Birth control pill not linked to heart attacks

  Contrary to earlier signs that women on the pill have a higher risk of heart disease, a recent review found no link between heart attacks and oral contraceptive pills.

• Use of condoms on the decline in Delhi

  Use of condoms among sexually active people in Delhi is on the decline while oral pills are gaining more popularity as an effective contraceptive measure.

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  Pill efficacy in heavy women

  Oral contraceptives seem to work equally well in women who are overweight and those who are not.

• Oral contraceptives safe in lupus

  Women with lupus can safely take oral contraceptives without fear that the pill will worsen their condition.