Contraceptive Technology Update – December 1, 2011
December 1, 2011
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New moms choose sterilization over IUDs: What can reverse trend?
While intrauterine devices (IUDs) represent a safe, effective, and reversible form of birth control, results of a new study indicate many U.S. women choose sterilization immediately postpartum. -
Just in: IUDs reduce cervical cancer risk
To perform the study, researchers designed a pooled analysis of individual data from two large studies by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an international collaboration on cancer research, and the Institut Català d'Oncologia, a Spanish-based oncology research program. -
Qualitest pulls suspect OCs
Check your pharmacy stock, and review patient pill choices: A nationwide recall of multiple lots of Qualitest oral contraceptives (OCs) has been issued after the Huntsville, AL-based manufacturer detected a packaging error that could lead to incorrect administration of pills. -
FDA schedules review of drospirenone pills
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has scheduled a Dec. 8, 2011, meeting of its Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee to review the risks and benefits of oral contraceptives containing the progestin drospirenone. The agency is weighing evidence regarding the risk of increased blood clots in users of such pills. -
New data emerges on one-size diaphragm
The contraceptive options for women who cannot use hormonal methods might soon expand if regulatory approval is given to a new single-size diaphragm. Results of a two-year multi-site study of 450 U.S. couples indicate the effectiveness rates of the SILCS single size, contoured diaphragm, now in development, are similar to traditional diaphragms. -
More condom use by teen males reported
The safer sex message is reaching adolescents. Results of a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report shows the percentage of teen males ages 15-19 in the United States who used a condom the first time they had sex increased between 2002 and 2006-2010. -
Teen Topics: EPT: Use it to reduce STI teen reinfection
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, female adolescents have the highest number of cases of gonorrhea and chlamydia in the United States.1 While the overall prevalence for these infections among individuals ages 14-39 are .24% and 2.2% respectively, these rates are .92% and 3.4% for those ages 14-19.2 -
STI Quarterly: Seniors may be older and wiser, but don't assume they know STI risks
If your clinical practice includes the care of age 50-plus women, are you including information on risks for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)? You should. -
STI Quarterly: Testing program to reach at-risk women
How can your clinic reach more women at risk for chlamydia and gonorrhea? Take a tip from the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Program at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, which is expanding its popular "I Know" at-home testing program in a further outreach to the community. -
OB/GYN Quarterly Update: What healthcare providers should know about detecting thyroidal conditions
Thyroid dysfunction and disease might present as reproductive compromise including oligomenorrhea, infertility, and miscarriage. -
OB/GYN Quarterly Update: Abstract & Commentary: Estimate the incidence of endometriosis
The objective of the Endometriosis: Natural History, Diagnosis, and Outcomes (ENDO) study funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development was to estimate the incidence of endometriosis.