News tagged with contraceptive injection

The IUD is the most popular long-acting contraceptive amongst Europeans

A European study has defined the profile for the usage of long-acting contraceptive methods. The work, presented with the National Congress of Gynaecology award, shows, amongst other things, that 10% of women ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Couples to rely on male contraceptive for new trial

(PhysOrg.com) -- Couples are being asked to replace their usual form of birth control with a new male contraceptive in a study to test its effectiveness.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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UC research examines eugenics past and present, driven by race, class, economics

the science of improving the human population via selective breeding or reproduction – is not a concept confined to past centuries and decades, nor to locales outside the United States.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Single dose of contraceptive vaccine controls fertility in cats for years

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Florida researchers, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, report that a single dose of an immunocontraceptive vaccine controls fertility over multiple years in adult female ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Not tonight deer: A new birth control vaccine helps reduce urban deer damage

A new birth control vaccine for white-tailed deer -- a growing nuisance in urban areas for gardens and landscaping -- eliminates the dangerous reproductive behavior behind the annual autumn surge in automobile-deer collisions. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Birth control prescribed for Hong Kong monkeys

Wild monkeys don't seem to care that Hong Kong is a concrete jungle -- they thrive so well on its fringes that the government has introduced birth control to curb a population boom.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 06, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Oral pill trial to halt HIV in women is stopped

A trial of an oral pill aimed at preventing HIV infection in African women has been halted due to poor results, the trial operator Family Health International announced this week.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Key culprit identified in breast cancer metastasis

When doctors discover high concentrations of regulatory T cells in the tumors of breast cancer patients, the prognosis is often grim, though why exactly has long been unclear.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds injectable and oral birth control do not adversely affect glucose and insulin levels

Fasting glucose and insulin levels remain within normal range for women using injectable or oral contraception, with only slight increases among women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intrauterine devices can be used to treat endometrial cancer

Intrauterine devices, originally developed as contraceptives, can also be used to treat and cure cancer of the endometrium according to new research published online in the cancer journal, Annals of Oncology today. The fi ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mobile obstetrics project improves health of mothers in Eastern Burma

A community-based maternal health delivery strategy known as the MOM Project (mobile obstetric medics) dramatically increased access to maternal health care services for internally displaced woman in eastern Burma, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hormonal birth control alters scent communication in primates

Hormonal contraceptives change the ways captive ring-tailed lemurs relate to one another both socially and sexually, according to a Duke University study that combined analyses of hormones, genes, scent chemicals and behavior.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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