This page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of but does not offer medical advice. You should contact your physician with regard to any health issues or concerns. Background information on Birth Control Pill Effective In Timing IVF Treatments, Study Shows  -  25 Mar 2008 Science Daily (press release)But the use of birth control pills, for 10-14 days after a period, allows the treatment to be adjusted without compromising the "ovarian response to Study: Progestin May Hold Key to Male Birth Control  -  25 Mar 2008 FOXNewsA contraceptive containing the hormones testosterone and progestin has been shown to safely and effectively suppress sperm production in most men, Birth control pills' protection from ovarian cancer may last decades  -  25 Mar 2008 Dallas Morning News,THE QUESTION How long does protection against ovarian cancer last after a woman stops taking birth control pills? THIS STUDY analyzed data from 45 studies, Petition asks for affordable birth control  -  25 Mar 2008 Independent Florida Alligator,Now, hundreds of thousands of women, who once only had to pay $5 to $10 for their birth control, must now spend $40 to $50 on a month’s supply, Birth Control Patch Under Fire  -  25 Mar 2008 NBC11.com,The birth control patch gives millions of women the freedom of not taking a pill every day. But one Bay Area woman believes that convenience caused her a Ask the Experts: Which birth control method is the most effective?  -  25 Mar 2008 KREN CW 27 TV,Before I give you statistics, though, let me stress that any birth control method is only as good as the person using it. So, for instance, don't expect Abstinence advocate uses humor to shift teens' focus from sex to ...  -  25 Mar 2008 Longview Daily News,The facts show that abstinence does not prevent STD's and creates more teen pregnancy because students do not have birth control knowledge. Got Plan B? Essay Contest for Young Women!  -  25 Mar 2008 RH Reality Check,We're launching our contest today because it's Back Up Your Birth Control with Emergency Contraception (EC) Day - a day to shine a light on what emergency Comprehensive sex ed may cut teen pregnancies  -  25 Mar 2008 ReutersBy Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Comprehensive sex education that includes discussion of birth control may help reduce teen pregnancies, Board dismisses complaints against Montana pharmacist  -  25 Mar 2008 Rapid City Journal,That means local women must now make that long drive, use mail order or visit a county clinic to obtain birth control pills through its family planning Fraud & Counterfeiting: Some Advice  -  25 Mar 2008 Latin Business Chronicle,...prostate cancer drugs were distributed without active ingredients and birth control pills made with wheat resulted in over 200 reported pregnancies. Parents, teens can't ignore risks of sex  -  25 Mar 2008 Vallejo Times-Herald,Proponents of expanding sex education in public schools say the CDC findings offer proof that we need to make condoms and birth control pills more readily Wis. Court Upholds Sanctions For Minn. Pharmacist  -  25 Mar 2008 WCCO,...(AP) ― A Wisconsin appeals court has upheld sanctions against a pharmacist from Minnesota who refused to dispense birth control pills to a college student Editorial: Judie Brown on 'Cultural Consequences'  -  25 Mar 2008 Catholic Online,You see, “prevention and protectionâ€? are code words for condoms, birth control pills, injections and all manner of tools that will provide the sexually Sex Ed Standards Not Good for Everyone  -  25 Mar 2008 City Watch,The law requires that all high schools give "medically accurate" information about condoms and other forms of birth control. Discounted Plan B birth control available Tuesday from Asheville ...  -  Mar 24, 2008 Asheville Citizen-Times,...by Staff Reports Asheville – In recognition of national Back Up Your Birth Control Day on Tuesday, March 25th, Planned Parenthood Health Systems, Women turning to natural methods of birth control  -  Mar 24, 2008 Fort Worth Star Telegram,By JULIE ONUFRAK Amanda Zamani of Asheville, NC, never really liked hormonal birth control and its effects on her body. She had a hard time remembering to Outside Observer | College women need affordable access to birth ...  -  Mar 23, 2008 Texas A&M The Battalion,Birth control or Ramen? Wait, when did buying contraceptives instead of groceries become one of them? It wasn't a decision women had to make until recently, Elk birth-control experiment quashed  -  Mar 21, 2008 Canada.com,Parks Canada has dropped a controversial plan to sterilize 10 female elk in Banff to test the effectiveness of birth control as a way of reducing the Birth control pills, salon haircuts can raise stroke risk  -  Mar 21, 2008 CNN..."It wasn't until they did a full health history and I told them I was on birth control pills that they started taking the idea of stroke seriously. Birth Control for Others  -  Mar 23, 2008 StarNewsOnline.com,Margaret Sanger, who courageously pioneered the cause of birth control, icily promoted contraception “to be used in poverty-stricken slums, Taxpayers buy birth control for stray cats  -  Mar 22, 2008 Arizona Daily Star,By Josh Brodesky A small town in Iowa recently triggered an international controversy by putting a bounty on the heads of feral cats. Birth control way to save forest  -  Mar 17, 2008 Bangkok Post,The best way to prevent forest encroachment is birth control, according to Natural Resources and Environment Minister Anongwan Thepsuthin. Ask Karen - Choosing between birth control pills and hormone ...  -  Mar 19, 2008 Lynchburg News and Advance,QUESTION: Could you please look into the differences and similarities between birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy? Birth Control  -  Mar 19, 2008 New York Sun,American birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger, a central figure in "Fatal Misconception," also called for sterilization aimed at combating "dysgenic Emergency Birth Control May Be Offered To Rape Victims  -  Mar 19, 2008 WESH.com,TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Emergency birth control pills would have to be offered to rape victims and the same drugs would be easier to get for any woman under a Minnesota Parents Support Birth-Control Education  -  Mar 18, 2008 Newswise (press release)Of those surveyed, 89.3 percent said they supported comprehensive sex education with instruction about the use of birth control; slightly less than 10 Corporation to set up animal birth control unit in Tiruchi soon  -  Mar 10, 2008 Hindu,TIRUCHI: The Tiruchi Corporation hopes to bring the stray dog menace under check soon with the establishment of an animal birth control unit. HLI Launches Newsletter, Website to Help Clergy Preach 'Humanae Vitae'  -  Mar 24, 2008 Christian News Wire (press release),The move is part of HLI's Humanae Vitae Initiative celebrating 40 years since Pope Paul VI released the landmark papal encyclical on birth control. Pharmacists: Court should overturn birth control rule  -  Mar 19, 2008 Burlington Hawk Eye,By JOHN O'CONNOR AP SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Pharmacists asked the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday to overturn a rule forcing them to dispense emergency Fired exec: Planned Parenthood overbilled government $180 million ...  -  Mar 8, 2008 San Jose Mercury News,AP LOS ANGELES - Planned Parenthood affiliates in California overbilled the government by $180 million for birth control pills, a fired executive claimed in KERNEL EDITORIAL: Fight for affordable birth control needs student ...  -  Mar 16, 2008 Kykernel.com (subscription),As a result, students at universities across the nation have seen a steep increase in the cost of their prescription birth control from $5 to $10 before the Birth control pills spark an environmental debate  -  Feb 27, 2008 Kansas City Star,But in the eyes of some activists, Casale could be doing more to save the environment: Namely, tossing out her birth control pills. Birth control pills Informed choices on HPV vaccine and birth control  -  Mar 9, 2008 Guardian,Anne Karpf's views on the new HPV vaccine were factually incorrect and misguided (The state wants my daughter to be vaccinated, but I want to know more, Study: Birth control pill may offer protection against breast cancer  -  Mar 4, 2008 Canada.com,After analyzing the data, the researchers concluded that taking birth control pills was associated with a reduced breast cancer risk for women who carried Chinese officials clash on birth control  -  Mar 6, 2008 Financial Times,By Mure Dickie in Beijing A senior Chinese official has declared there can be “no waveringâ€? on the policy of limiting the number of children couples can Birth Control Guide  -  Mar 16, 2008 Kansas City infoZine,You've seen ads for a variety of birth control methods- in fact, there are 17 different types of FDA-approved medicines and devices women can use to prevent Woman unaware she was pregnant while using birth control, suit claims  -  Mar 17, 2008 St. Clair Record,By Ann Knef Jessica Baxley claims her gynecologist failed to adequately inform her that she may get pregnant while using birth control product Depo Provera. Barr Has Profit on Birth-Control Pills, Generic Drugs (Update1)  -  Feb 28, 2008 BloombergBarr gets most of its revenue from copies of conventional brand-name drugs that have lost patent protection, including older birth-control pills. Watson, Barr Tangle Over Birth Control Pill Seasonique  -  Mar 15, 2008 Orange County Business Journal,Duramed claims Watson infringed on its patent for Seasonique, a birth control pill. Seasonique is a newer version of Duramed’s Seasonale brand. Nurse-midwife tells students about birth control options  -  Mar 12, 2008 URI The Good 5 Cent Cigar (subscription),Except for abstinence, no birth control method is 100 percent effective and effectiveness of methods is reduced with inconsistent or incorrect use, POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Presidential primary fight doesn't bother Reid  -  Mar 24, 2008 Las Vegas Review - Journal,He attempted to explain the balancing act at a Democratic event last week, when an activist asked him about the issue of affordable birth control. Period peace  -  Mar 20, 2008 Louisville Courier-Journal,But the concept of putting the call of Mother Nature on hold using birth-control pills is a real option for women. The concept is called "menstrual CSU researches wildlife birth control that may help address ...  -  Mar 14, 2008 High Plains Journal,Colorado State University researchers are working to perfect two short-term birth control methods that may eventually be injected by dart into wild animals Planned Parenthood to make birth-control case at board meeting  -  Mar 11, 2008 KPAX-TV,She says one possible strategy would include allowing non-pharmacists to dispense prepackaged birth control. The news follows last week's decision by the Bushy-tail birth control  -  Mar 11, 2008 The State,By JOEY HOLLEMAN - jholleman@thestate.com Burgeoning gray squirrel populations are causing problems in urban areas. Shooting them in neighborhoods can be Lawsuit: California Planned Parenthood Overcharged State Millions ...  -  Mar 10, 2008 LifeNews.com,Gonzalez says his own internal audit estimates that Planned parenthood overcharged California taxpayers for purchasing birth control by at least $180 On DelawareMoms: What's your birth control method?  -  Mar 11, 2008 The News Journal,The News Journal has posted 3 versions of this news article, all the same in text, but some without the spirited forum postings by readers. Birth-control affordability campaign comes to UK  -  Mar 2, 2008 Kykernel.com (subscription),With circular postcards shaped like birth-control dispensers, Planned Parenthood of Kentucky hopes to get college students involved in its efforts to combat Bits and Pieces  -  Mar 24, 2008 Mother Earth News,BIRTH CONTROL FOR BUGS has almost doubled the value of stock in the Albany International Corporation. 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