Birth control News
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The FDA has now granted marketing approval to an app that tracks a user's temperature and menstrual cycle in order to determine which days they are fertile and which days they aren't.
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Natural Cycles is the only app that has been certified by the European Union and is the only app that can be called "contraception" in Europe. It is available in the Apple App Store and the Google Play store to users everywhere.
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A federal court ruled that 2 cases of women who claim they were harmed by Bayer's birth control device Essure can continue. In the meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a "black box" label to warn the public about its dangerousness.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a press release earlier this week that warned women of child-bearing age about the dangers of drinking alcohol when they may be pregnant, unless they were on birth control.
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Los Angeles -
Guests who happened to stop by the Hippopotamus exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo on Halloween Day were in for a real "treat." Mara, the zoo's female Hippo gave birth at 3:30 Friday afternoon. This is the first hippo calf the Zoo has had in 26 years.
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This week Republicans introduced a rather useless bill to answer the Democrat’s response on the highly unpopular Hobby Lobby decision passed down by the Supreme Court earlier this month.
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Bill Gates has both contributed both ideas and funding for a device that would give women an easy way to access birth control. A long-lasting implant would be placed in the body and be switched on or off to release drugs with a wireless transmitter.
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One in six couples struggles to get pregnant, yet a new study released by the group Fertility & Sterility shows that infertility is widely misunderstood among modern women. The Digital Journal has been given an exclusive insight into the main findings.
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Rome -
Today marks the end of the Year of Faith, a Roman Catholic initiative to refocus on the core teachings of Christ. Pope Francis has been visibly leading a quiet reformation attempt within the Church.
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In an interview with an influential Jesuit journal, Pope Francis blasted the Catholic Church's 'obsession' with homosexuality, abortion and birth control.
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Irvine -
Novel research is being conducted whether genetic-compatibility, through different genes, plays a role in the way people select romantic partners.
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People who were prescribed Alysena-28 birth control pills may have continued to use them after Apotex recalled the product.
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A bill being presented to the Oklahoma Senate may deny women the right to have their insurance cover birth control. Some believe it poisons a women's body.
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A new report indicates that the use by women of the morning after pill has increased across the U.S. Approximately one-in-nine women having used an emergency contraceptive at some point in their lives.
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Colorado Springs -
Colorado radio host and pastor, Kevin Swanson, is known for his odd and extremely conservative comments, but a recent segment on his radio show have many people scratching their heads.
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Europe’s main health regulator has announced that it will examine the safety of newer forms of contraceptive pills. This follows concerns over potential health risks for such combined drugs.
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Tel Aviv -
After Israel was accused of forcing Ethiopian women to accept injections of the contraceptive Depo-Provera in an attempt to lower birth rates among black immigrants, an official has for the first time admitted use of the drug among Ethiopian women.
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As Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke has made the short list for TIME's Person of the Year for 2012, conservatives are quick to attack the nomination.
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Oklahoma City -
A federal judge on Monday ruled that Hobby Lobby will have to provide insurance coverage for emergency contraceptives in their group health care plan.
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Missouri's rate of unplanned pregnancies and abortions fell dramatically when women and teenaged girls were provided birth control at no cost, a new study found,
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New York -
New York City's Department of Education says girls as young as 14 will now be able to get the "Plan B" emergency contraception without parental consent.
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The Department of Health and Human Services issued a mandate saying that all employers, including religious organizations that hire people, must provide health insurance that covers the purchase of contraceptives.
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Washington -
Newt Gingrich has intensified attacks against President Obama over his administration's birth control policy that requires some religious hospitals and other institutions to offer birth control under the new health care law.
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Under new federal guidelines made on Monday insurers will be required to provide women with birth control without a co-pay, making it virtually free.
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When the birth control Yaz came out a few years ago in 2006 ads appeared in movie theaters. What wasn't known then was that taking that and other oral contraceptives that contained drospirenone may put a woman at a higher risk of blood clots.
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An artist and performer was arrested by police inside The Manila Cathedral church while carrying a placard with a "Damaso" imprint during the church homily.
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There are calls for more relationship and sex education in schools, following a survey indicating that one in four sexually active young people in the UK are not using any type of contraception with a new partner.
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Mauston -
In Wisconsin's, Juneau County, District Attorney Scott Southworth is threatening to charge teachers with misdemeanor or felony delinquency of a minor if they teach sex-ed. Punishments could range from nine months in jail to six years of prison time.
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A controversial bill that provides for the use of condoms and other forms of contraceptives is being opposed by the leaders of the Catholic church in the Philippines because it violates the church ban on the use of contraceptives in family planning.
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Since 1979, an estimated 400 million births have been stopped in China due to the state's one-child policy. As a result, the country is growing and looking older with every day that passes.
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Different kinds of birth control pills. Ceridwen
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