Worried about birth control in light of headlines about side effects from Yaz and the patch? Women have a lot of options that are safe and effective, including some that are even more reliable. You can choose a contraceptive that's used daily, weekly, monthly, once every three months, once every three years, even once a decade.
WASHINGTON - Worried about birth control in light of headlines about side effects from Yaz and the patch? Women have a lot of options that are safe and effective, including some that are even more reliable. You can choose a contraceptive that's used daily, weekly, monthly, once every three months, once every three years, even once a decade.
ATLANTA -- Birth control choices are wider these days for women 40 and older -- a group that once viewed its options as pretty much limited to tube-tying surgery and condoms. For them, the pill is back. So is the IUD. Both are safer than they used to be. There's even a nonsurgical method of tube-tying.
College health centers in New Jersey are offering fewer birth control options and some are quitting the contraceptive business altogether now that drug companies have stopped providing steep campus discounts. Pills that last year cost $5 or $10 a month now cost more than $40, prompting students to dig deeper into their pockets, switch to cheaper, higher-hormone alternatives, or travel to less convenient clinics off campus. Some providers fear students may forgo contraceptives altogether.
The Portland School Committee decided Wednesday to make prescription birth control available to students who have parental permission to be treated at King Middle School's health center. The committee's 7-2 vote means King will be the first middle school in Maine to offer a full range of contraception in grades 6 to 8, when students are 11 to 15 years old.
Alternatives to a birth control pill regimen include intrauterine devices (IUDs) such as the non-hormonal ParaGard or the hormonal Mirena, a weekly skin patch, a two-inch flexible ring that's inserted into the vagina, an injection, or even the implantation of a small device in a women's upper arm. The ring is inserted into the vagina and releases estrogen and progestin over a course of three weeks, says Wendy Smith, a registered nurse practitioner and owner of Full Circle Medical Clinic, which specializes in women's health.
For years, doctors have searched for a way to make sterilization for women almost as easy as it is for men. And for years, they turned their attention to somehow plugging the fallopian tubes, those slender vessels that transport the egg from the ovaries to the uterus.
Whether a patron wanted a consciousness-raising novel by Doris Lessing, or a how-to book on succeeding in the male-dominated business world, or a non-sexist fairytale for her child, or medically accurate information on birth control options, public librarians and community information workers responded. Academic libraries created budget lines for acquiring new works of feminist scholarship, designated subject liaisons to emerging women's studies programs, and occasionally established separate libraries or reading rooms. In her study of women's health information needs, grounded in the emerging field of gender-based medicine, Allison posits an important role for librarians as social entrepreneurs, working to effect change and to empower readers.
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UFE cuts off the blood supply to uterine fibroids," said O'Horo. "Many women have fibroids. Not all women who have fibroids have symptoms that are severe enough to warrant therapy. If a woman's symptoms are so severe that she is considering having her uterus surgically removed, she should also consider UFE, a minimally invasive therapeutic option. This procedure is for pre-menopausal women who do not desire a future pregnancy. O'Horo suggests that women with symptomatic fibroids should discuss their options with their gynecologist and have a gynecological exam and Pap test without abnormal findings. Other options to treat fibroids include birth control pills; hormone therapy; myomectomy, a surgery to remove the fibroids; or hysterectomy, a surgery to remove the uterus. "Although there...
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