A study conducted about Spain's Canary Island beaches says too much boning has led to a less-than-ideal impact on…
Like any bookworm, I went searching for answers at my public library—technically, my bookmobile’s collection of…
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Pharmacists in the state can now approve a full year of birth control without a doctor's prescription.
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My only wish is that I, too, was there to help them test out the beds
PDA is back and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it
The product, Phexxi, has a similar typical-use effectiveness rate as other contraceptive methods.
A new study has found that graduation rates for teen girls tend to go up when they have access to the full range of…
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Women in Venezuela are having children they don’t want or can’t afford because millions of them can’t access even…
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I was recently asked by Whole Woman’s Health Alliance, a non-profit independent abortion provider, to provide…
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Would you like to read an interview with a nice man who has been participating in a long overdue and quite ordinary…
My patient, who I’ll call Katie, came to my office in tears.
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Emergency contraception (EC) is designed to prevent pregnancy. Some may choose it as their primary method of…
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The other day my patient asked me whether or not the abortion reversal pill was actually effective. She wasn’t…
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The other day, my patient, who I’ll call Sam, came in for a routine sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening…
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New York passed the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) in January, legislation that will safeguard reproductive health…
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A few weeks ago, I had a teenaged patient who I’ll call Alex, that came to my health center to get tested for…
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The coat hanger is a symbol of an era before Roe vs. Wade, when abortion was illegal and people tried managing it…
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On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration gave marketing approval to Natural Cycles, an app that dubs itself…
Bayer Pharmaceuticals paid doctors millions of dollars to promote Essure over the past five years, CNN reports.