TIME, June 16, 2015
Counseling women on the best forms of birth control cuts the rate of unintended pregnancy, according to a new study.
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Birth-Control Counseling Cuts Pregnancy Nearly in Half
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Oral contraceptive use and mortality
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ABC Radio National Health Report, Monday 2 February 2015 5:53PM Researchers from Boston have followed 120,000 female nurses for around 40 years, looking at their health and wellbeing, including their contraception and comparing that to cause and age at death. They wanted to find out whether oral contraceptive use is associated with total and cause specific mortality. Read transcript or download...
Fifteen million unwanted pregnancies a year caused by underuse of modern contraception
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Oxford University Press (OUP), February 3, 2015
Fifteen million out of 16.7 million unwanted pregnancies a year could be avoided in 35 low- and middle-income countries if women had the opportunity to use modern methods of contraception, according to a study that applies to about one-third of the world’s population.
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Oral contraceptive use and mortality
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ABC Health Report, Monday 2 February 2015 5:53PM Researchers from Boston have followed 120,000 female nurses for around 40 years, looking at their health and wellbeing, including their contraception and comparing that to cause and age at death. They wanted to find out whether oral contraceptive use is associated with total and cause specific mortality. Read transcript here Listen online here...