NHS (UK), Monday March 9 2015
“Getting a good education could be the best form of contraception for teenagers,” The Independent reports after a study of recent data from England found an association between improved GCSE results and lower rates of teenage pregnancy.
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Reuters, Tue Feb 24, 2015
When women who are family planning experts need to pick a birth control method for themselves, what do they generally choose? Not the same thing the average woman chooses, a new study found.
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Read Planned Parenthood Federation press release here
Access abstract in Contraception journal here
Washington University School of Medicine, Public Release: 5-Feb-2015
New research indicates that hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) and contraceptive implants remain highly effective one year beyond their approved duration of use, according to a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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NHS, Monday January 12 2015
“Contraceptive injections moderately increase a woman’s risk of becoming infected with HIV,” The Guardian reports.
The headline was prompted by an analysis of 12 studies, but these results do not prove the injection directly increases the risk of HIV.
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Yahoo News, October 1, 2014
Giving teens free birth control encourages them to use long-acting methods and greatly cuts the chances they will become pregnant or have an abortion, a new study finds.
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Reuters, Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:47pm EDT
For adolescents who choose not to abstain from sex, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) favors long-acting reversible contraceptives.
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