News tagged with control pills

Pair call for public discourse on treating wastewater contaminated with birth control pill chemicals

(Phys.org) -- As people go about their daily lives, it’s easy to overlook the impact their lifestyle has on the environment. Resources are used and as a result of their use, certain elements are placed ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

50 years on, the pill still changes lives

On Sunday, men and women around the world will mark an event 50 years ago that revolutionized their lives -- the approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the birth control pill.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

US reviews birth control pill safety over clot risk

The US Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it is reviewing recently published studies which have pointed to an increased blood clot risk associated with a certain type of birth control pill.

Medicine & Health / Medications

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

Morning after pill linked to increase in STIs, study shows

Offering the morning after pill free over the counter has not reduced the number of teenage pregnancies and may be associated with a rise in sexually-transmitted diseases (STIs), according to a report by experts at The University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Diet drugs face tough test before FDA

There has never been a magic prescription to help millions of obese Americans lose weight. Whether one is any closer to reality is now under scrutiny.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gender-bending fish on the rise in southern Alberta

Chemicals present in two rivers in southern Alberta are likely the cause of the feminization of fish say researchers at the University of Calgary who have published results of their study in the journal Environmental To ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study explains potential failure of oral contraceptives with obese women

Researchers have identified a potential biological mechanism that could explain why oral contraceptives may be less effective at preventing pregnancy in obese women, as some epidemiological studies have indicated.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

FDA to allow 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds

(AP) -- Women's groups cheered the government's decision to allow 17-year-olds to buy the "morning-after" emergency contraceptive without a doctor's prescription, but conservatives denounced it as a blow ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

States linking prescription databases, fight abuse

(AP) -- Starting next year, dozens of states will begin knitting together databases to watch prescription drug abuse, from powerful painkillers to diet pills.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Birth control pill equally effective for women regardless of their weight

The first study to compare the effectiveness of the birth control pill in women with marked weight differences has found that the pill works equally well in women with obesity and thinner women. This new finding by physician-scientists ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Convenience drives US women to buy over-the-counter contraception in Mexico, study finds

American 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 a friend to pick up the pills, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New methods of contraception mean women must weigh choices

Puzzled by the onslaught of advertising that touts pregnancy prevention along with bonuses like clearer skin and a period-free lifestyle, Jennifer Meyer balked at a birth control pill that would reduce her monthly cycles ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0