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NEWS ABOUT: birth control pill

birth control pill stories: 22 news summaries

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 Women on Pill 
 Shun 'Manly 
 Men' for 'Boys' 

With fertile days gone, women tend to like more feminine features, caring personalities

Oct 8, 09 4:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Women have been on the pill for so long that its impact on their hormones may have significantly reduced their attraction to "manly men" in favor of more boyish males, say researchers. Forty years of contraception use could explain the change in Hollywood idols from tough guys like Jimmy... More »

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contraception • Brad Pitt • Johnny Depp • birth control pill • sex drive • sex hormone • female sexuality • seduction • Anthony Quinn • Jimmy Cagney

 Docs: We'll Quit If Obama  
 Lifts Bush Abortion Rules 

Analysts: older regs let health workers avoid certain procedures

Jul 6, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some doctors who oppose abortion say they’ll quit their jobs if President Obama repeals Bush regulations that allow health care professionals to refuse to perform operations that are in opposition with their beliefs, NPR reports. A Christian Medical Association report found that “90% of those surveyed said they... More »

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Bush administration • health care • abortion • abortion rights • doctor • regulation • birth control pill • George W. Bush • health workers • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - Bristol Palin's campaign to preach birth control with a baby at home again proves what Meghan McCain has always known: Republicans don't "get" sex. "God forbid anyone talk realistically about life experiences and natural, sexual instincts. Nope, the answer is always abstinence," she writes in her Daily... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • birth control • birth control pill • abstinence • Meghan McCain • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston • sexual abstinence

 Gene May Yield 'Male Pill' 

Discovery could also help some infertile men

Apr 3, 09 1:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - A newly identified gene that causes a type of male infertility may be the key to eventually developing a male oral contraceptive pill, the Independent reports. The gene, CATSPER1, enables sperm to wriggle through the outside of an unfertilized egg. A drug that could switch the gene on and off... More »

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contraception • egg • birth control pill • contraceptive • male fertility • infertility • infertile

 Mom on Pill Has Twins—Twice 

Docs say odds are over 11 million to one

Feb 2, 09 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - A British woman has given birth to her second set of twins conceived while on birth control pills, the Daily Mail reports. Doctors say the odds are more than 11 million to one. Carly O'Brien—who switched to a stronger pill after the first pair came along—says she was... More »

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contraception • fertility • twins • mothers • baby • birth control pill • multiple births

 'Pregnancy Pact'
 HS to Offer
 Birth Control 

School where 17 teens got pregnant last year OKs birth control plan

Oct 9, 08 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Massachusetts high school where 17 teens got pregnant last year presumably as part of a "pregnancy pact" has decided to distribute birth control pills and condoms to students, the Boston Globe reports. A school official said birth control would only be available with parental consent, adding that he... More »

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high school • birth control • Gloucester • birth control pill • teen pregnancy

 Women on Pill
 Choose the
 'Wrong' Man

Oral contraceptives twists choice based on smell

Aug 13, 08 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pill skews women's choice of partners because the contraceptive disrupts the sense of smell, according to new research. Women usually seek partners who have an odor that indicates dissimilar genes. That's important because a gene mix tends to produce healthier offspring. But research shows women using the pill tend... More »

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divorce • sex • immune system • genes • birth control pill • miscarriage • Major Histocompatibility Complex

 Vasectomy Is
 Young Man's Pill 

More under-40s opt for the liberating procedure

Jul 15, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Once exclusive to the over-40 crowd, vasectomies are increasingly popular among young men who want condom-free sex and no fears of Daddydom. But there's also a control component, writes Richard Morgan in Details: These men are taking charge of birth control, not leaving it up to the woman. "I... More »

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contraception • pregnancy • sex • birth control • condom • birth control pill • vasectomy

J&J Hid Birth Control Patch Risks: Suit

Scientist accused of veiling heart attack, stroke dangers

Apr 6, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Johnson & Johnson doctored data to get its birth control patch FDA-approved, according to a class action lawsuit that claims Ortho-Evra caused blood clots, heart attacks, and strokes. A J&J scientist allegedly doctored the data with a "correction factor" for the FDA, lowering estrogen-related risk by 60%: He... More »

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FDA • estrogen • blood clots • birth control • Johnson and Johnson • class action • birth control pill • Ortho-Evra • birth control patch

Stocks Tumble as Bayer Loses Patent for Contraceptive

Generic birth control pill could soon steal market

Mar 5, 08 4:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Bayer shares tumbled to a 12-month low yesterday after a US judge ended the pharmaceutical giant's patent on Yasmin, the company’s top-selling birth control pill. The ruling means rival Barr Pharmaceuticals may introduce a lower-priced generic version of Yasmin in the next few months, Bloomberg reports.  More »

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birth control • generic drugs • birth control pill • patent • Bayer • Barr Pharmaceuticals • Yasmin

Pill Guards Against Ovarian Cancer: Study

Even decades later,
oral contraceptive
provides protection

Jan 25, 08 8:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Oral contraceptives "confer powerful and long-lasting protection" against ovarian cancer, a cancer that often proves deadly because it's so difficult to diagnose early, a new study has found. The effect is so strong that women who take the pill for 10 years will enjoy significant protection against ovarian cancer... More »

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ovarian cancer • birth control • medical research • Oxford University • birth control pill • over the counter • cancer prevention

OPINION

Congress Must Restore College Birth-Control Discounts

2005 omission costly
to female students

Dec 20, 07 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - With Congress sprinting toward its holiday recess, Slate’s Amanda Schaffer urges legislators to correct a 2005 omission that has made birth-control pills much more expensive for college women. With heavily funded federal abstinence programs doing little and teen birth rates back on the rise, now's not the time to... More »

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Price of Pill for Students Soars

Rule change eliminates discounts at college health centers

Nov 22, 07 3:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Female students at US colleges may be cutting back on reliable contraceptives because a quirk in a federal law has made birth-control pills up to four times more expensive, health officials warn. A recent change in Medicaid regulations means drug companies no longer offer big discounts to health centers where... More »

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contraception • women's health • Planned Parenthood • sexual health • Medicaid • birth control • college • condom • contraceptive patch • birth control pill • contraceptive • health centers • colleges and universities • Abstinence Clearinghouse • Deficit Reduction Act • college student

Pill Use Boosts Cervical Cancer Risk Slightly

Reduced incidence of other cancers offsets increase, say experts

Nov 9, 07 1:26 PM CST
(Newser) - A woman's risk of cervical cancer doubles after 10 years on birth control pills, a new study shows, but the risk begins to return to normal immediately after she stops taking them, the LA Times reports. The new research shows that the increase is both minor and "outweighed by... More »

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Pill Linked to Heart Attack Risk

Study reveals 'startling' increase in artery plaque

Nov 7, 07 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - New research suggesting a link between birth control pills and heart attacks has reignited a furious debate among scientists about the risks of oral contraceptives. Researchers in Europe found women had a 20-30% increase in artery-clogging plaque for every 10 years on oral contraceptives, CBS News reports. Nearly 12 million... More »

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heart disease • blood pressure • American Heart Association • birth control pill • plaque • Ghent University

Maine Middle School Offers Preteens the Pill

Parents OK health center visits, but care is confidential

Oct 18, 07 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Portland, Maine, middle school stirred controversy last night when its board voted 5-2 to make birth control pills and patches available for its pupils, typically between 11 and 13 years old. The move was prompted by the school nurse's claim that five of 134 students treated by the health... More »

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contraception • sex education • birth control • birth control pill • Portland, Maine

Alternative to the Pill Has
No Side Effects

Non-hormonal patch would block protein key to conception

Oct 17, 07 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Contraception without the nausea, headaches, mood swings, weight gain, or heart attacks? Scientists are developing a non-hormonal patch that would side-step the side effects associated with the Pill by simply blocking a protein that allows sperm to bond with egg, the Telegraph reports. But don’t get too excited—it... More »

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gene therapy • hormones • birth control • human genome • birth control pill • contraceptive

The Pill Reduces Cancer Risk

Oral contraception
is beneficial—but
only if used for less than 8 years

Sep 12, 07 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pill has a possible new side effect: preventing cancer. Women who took oral contraceptives for less than eight years have up to a 12% lower risk of developing the disease, according to a new British study, one of the largest ever conducted. The risk of developing bowel and rectal,... More »

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women's health • birth control • cancer research • birth control pill • contraceptive

Birth Control Prices at US Colleges Skyrocket

Female students may no longer be able to afford the Pill

Jul 26, 07 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many college students may no longer be able to afford birth control come September, thanks to a 2006 bill that discourages drug companies from offering schools deep discounts on contraceptives. The change went into effect this year, but students will feel the crunch only now, as health centers that stocked... More »

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contraception • pregnancy • pharmaceutical companies • sexual health • birth control • college • condom • contraceptive patch • STD • birth control pill • college student

Brazil to Subsidize Birth Control

Cheaper pills give poor women same right to family planning, says president

May 29, 07 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just weeks after Pope Benedict XVI decried contraception as a threat to the future of Latin America on his visit to Brazil, Brazil's president announced that the government would subsidize birth control pills at private pharmacies so poor women can have "the same right that the wealthy have to... More »

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contraception • Latin America • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • women • women's rights • Brazil • religion • birth control • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • birth control pill

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