Tag: Birth Control
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Nation & World
Birth control for cats?
A single dose of a naturally occurring hormone prevented ovulation and conception in female cats for at least two years.
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Nation & World
Oral contraceptives don’t increase risk of birth defects
Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, according to a new study by researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark.
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Nation & World
Poor fall behind in birth control
Modern contraception has come a long way in the past 20 years, what with diaphragms, hormones, implants, intrauterine devices, condoms, spermicides, and sterilization. But the boom in birth control has been a bust for the poorest women in the world.