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Birth Control Pill Increases Risk Of Asthma Attacks In Young Women
MONDAY, May 12, 2025 – Young women taking the Pill might have an increased risk of asthma attacks, a new study says. Taking the progesterone-only form of the contraceptive pill can increase asthma...
Asthma Attacks Increase for Some Women Taking Progestogen-Only Pill
THURSDAY, May 8, 2025 – Use of a combined oral contraceptive (COC) is not associated with asthma in women of reproductive age, but use of a progestogen-only pill (POP) is associated with an...
Human Fertility Levels Need To Be Higher To Avoid Extinction
THURSDAY, May 1, 2025 — Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made headlines with dire warnings that declining birth rates are an “existential crisis” for humanity. The threat might be even more dir...
More Than 3.6 Million Births Recorded in the United States in 2024, Up 1 Percent From 2023
WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 – In 2024, the provisional number of births in the United States was 3,622,673, which was 1 percent higher than in 2023, according to an April Vital Statistics Rapid...
Fewer Americans Traveled for Abortions in 2024, Report Finds
THURSDAY, April 17, 2025 — Fewer Americans traveled out of state for an abortion in 2024, according to a new report from the Guttmacher Institute, a group that supports abortion rights. The report f...
Postpartum Hormonal Contraceptives Tied to Higher Depression Risk
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 – Use of hormonal contraceptives postpartum is associated with an increased risk for developing postpartum depression, according to a study published online March 31 in JAMA ...
Almost 3.6 Million Births Recorded in 2023, Down 2 Percent From 2022
FRIDAY, March 21, 2025 – The total number of births in the United States in 2023 was 3,596,017, which was down 2 percent from 2022, according to the March 18 National Vital Statistics Reports, a...
OB/GYNs Walk Away From Anti-Abortion States
THURSDAY, March 13, 2025 – A brain drain is underway in states that banned or severely restricted abortion after the fall of Roe v Wade, a new study suggests. A significant decline in the number of...
FDA Approves Miudella (copper intrauterine system) for the Prevention of Pregnancy
ROSWELL, GA, February 24, 2025 – Sebela Women’s Health Inc., a part of Sebela Pharmaceuticals, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval of Miudella (copper int...
Venous Thromboembolism Risk Higher for Certain Hormonal Contraceptives
THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2025 – Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk varies across hormonal contraceptives, according to a research letter published online Feb. 10 in the Journal of the American Medical...
Certain Birth Control Pills, Devices Linked to Higher Heart Risks
THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2025 – The most common formulation of birth control pills has been linked to a doubling of relative risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study finds. Contraceptive vaginal rings...
Study Identifies Some Modifiable Risk Factors for Ovarian Cancer
TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2025 – Some risk factors for epithelial ovarian cancer are modifiable, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. Iqbal...
The Pill Protects Against Ovarian Cancer, Study Says
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 – The Pill prevents pregnancy – and maybe ovarian cancer, too, a new study suggests. Women who’ve ever used the contraceptive pill have a 26% lower risk of ovarian cancer, r...
Abortion Pill Alternative Found in Morning-After Pill
FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 – When one abortion pill faces lawsuits, another may be waiting in the wings, a new study suggests. The study, published Jan. 23 in the journal NEJM Evidence, has found a...
Federal Judge Revives Legal Effort To Limit Access to Abortion Pill
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 – Efforts to limit access to the abortion drug mifepristone have received a boost from a federal judge who took the bench during President Donald Trump's first term. U.S....
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