Tagprogesterone-only injectables (POIs)

New study on use of combined and progestogen-only hormonal contraception and breast cancer risk

By J Pope
In Contraception, Reproductive health
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Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Royal College of the Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK), 22 March 2023 FSRH response to new study on use of combined and progestogen-only hormonal contraception and breast cancer risk: A new observational study by Fitzpatrick, et al., published in PLOS Medicine investigated the association between current or recent use of combined oral and...

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Withdrawing Depo-Provera contraceptives would result in more lives lost than HIV infections prevented

By J Pope
In Contraception, HIV, Reproductive health
1 Min Read
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aidsmap / nam,  11 January 2018 Even if Depo-Provera and other contraceptive injections raise the risk of HIV infection, withdrawing them from use in African countries would greatly increase maternal mortality, a modelling study has shown. The loss of life due to pregnancy complications and unsafe abortions would far outweigh the number of HIV infections prevented, according to the study...

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