September 14, 2018
(Medscape) – A nationwide cohort study in more than 1.1 million Danish children shows that the use of combined estrogen and progestin oral contraceptives in the 6 months before conception or during pregnancy is associated with a small increase in … Read More
September 13, 2018
(STAT News) – A Swedish regulator closed its investigation into the FDA-cleared contraception app Natural Cycles Thursday, concluding that the despite a spate of unwanted pregnancies, the app’s “failure rate” matched the one the company laid out in its marketing … Read More
September 13, 2018
(The Guardian) – For women intending to undergo IVF treatment using frozen eggs, the younger they are when they are frozen the greater the chance of a successful pregnancy, according to a report by the UK’s independent fertility regulator. Most … Read More
September 12, 2018
(STAT News) – European regulators are ramping up their scrutiny of a controversial app that its backers hail as a side-effect-free alternative to hormonal birth control pills — and which the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. just cleared … Read More
September 12, 2018
(BBC) – If you look at the world as a whole, female sterilisation is the most popular form of contraception. While the pill tends to be more common in Western Europe, Canada or Australia, for example, sterilisation is often the … Read More
September 10, 2018
(The Guardian) – Just 18% of IVF cycles in Australia and New Zealand result in a live birth, a report led by fertility experts has found. Of the 81,062 initiated IVF cycles in 2016-17, 66,664 (82.2%) resulted in either a … Read More
September 6, 2018
(The Atlantic) – Bolanos’s sentence for killing her child was standard in the U.S. But in some other countries, there are laws recognizing that a woman who has recently given birth has undergone biological changes that may make her more … Read More
September 5, 2018
(Reuters) – A federal judge blocked Texas laws requiring the burial or cremation of aborted fetal tissue, saying in a decision on Wednesday the measures placed substantial and unconstitutional obstacles in the path of a woman’s right to choose an … Read More
September 4, 2018
(Telegraph) – Children born through IVF are six times more likely to suffer high blood pressure than naturally conceived children, putting them at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes, new research suggests. In a study of 96 youngsters, researchers … Read More
September 3, 2018
(Boston Globe) – As a confirmation fight over another Supreme Court seat looms, the abortion debate in the United States sounds much the same as it always has. In the 45 years since Roe v. Wade affirmed a constitutional right … Read More
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