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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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Experts Explain Why Women Are More At Risk Of Strokes Than Men
Hormonal changes caused due to pregnancy, or the use of oral contraceptives, and the longer life expectancy are some of the reasons that explain the higher incidences of strokes among women than men, said experts on World Stroke Day on Tuesday.
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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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Post Oral Contraceptives PCOS And Acne: Here's What You Need To Know
PCOS and acne: If you have PCOS and have just gotten off oral contraceptives, then you may experience acne breakout. Here's what you need to know.
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Can Using Hormonal Contraceptives Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk?
According to a recent study, new types of combined oral contraceptives are associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer. Using national prescribing and cancer registers, researchers analysed data of nearly 1.9 million Danish women aged 15-49 years between 1995 and 2014.
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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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Lupin Recalls Oral Contraceptive From US Market
According to the US drug watchdog - USFDA - as many as 24,652 tablets are being recalled.
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Condoms, Advice For Couples Soon In Wedding Gift From UP Government
Newlyweds in Uttar Pradesh will soon receive an unusual wedding gift from the state government - condoms and oral contraceptives - as part of a scheme to be launched on World Population Day on July 11.
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Gaining Less Than 2 Kgs Every Year in 20s Can Put Women at Obesity Risk
Smoking, use of oral contraceptives or turbulence in married life such as divorce, death of a partner or separation were also found as some of the contributory factors in weight gain in women.
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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 firm Lupin has launched its generic oral contraceptive Norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol tablets in the American market after receiving nod from the US health regulator.
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Glenmark Gets USFDA Tentative Nod For Oral Contraceptives
According to IMS Health sales data for the 12 months to February 2016, Lo Loestrin Fe achieved annual sales of around $432.2 million, Glenmark said.
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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.
-
Experts Explain Why Women Are More At Risk Of Strokes Than Men
Hormonal changes caused due to pregnancy, or the use of oral contraceptives, and the longer life expectancy are some of the reasons that explain the higher incidences of strokes among women than men, said experts on World Stroke Day on Tuesday.
-
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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Post Oral Contraceptives PCOS And Acne: Here's What You Need To Know
PCOS and acne: If you have PCOS and have just gotten off oral contraceptives, then you may experience acne breakout. Here's what you need to know.
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Can Using Hormonal Contraceptives Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk?
According to a recent study, new types of combined oral contraceptives are associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer. Using national prescribing and cancer registers, researchers analysed data of nearly 1.9 million Danish women aged 15-49 years between 1995 and 2014.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Lupin Recalls Oral Contraceptive From US Market
According to the US drug watchdog - USFDA - as many as 24,652 tablets are being recalled.
-
Condoms, Advice For Couples Soon In Wedding Gift From UP Government
Newlyweds in Uttar Pradesh will soon receive an unusual wedding gift from the state government - condoms and oral contraceptives - as part of a scheme to be launched on World Population Day on July 11.
-
Gaining Less Than 2 Kgs Every Year in 20s Can Put Women at Obesity Risk
Smoking, use of oral contraceptives or turbulence in married life such as divorce, death of a partner or separation were also found as some of the contributory factors in weight gain in women.
-
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.
-
Lupin Launches Generic Oral Contraceptive Tablets In US
Drug firm Lupin has launched its generic oral contraceptive Norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol tablets in the American market after receiving nod from the US health regulator.
-
Glenmark Gets USFDA Tentative Nod For Oral Contraceptives
According to IMS Health sales data for the 12 months to February 2016, Lo Loestrin Fe achieved annual sales of around $432.2 million, Glenmark said.
