Year-round contraception safely ends periods
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NEW YORK  - Continuous treatment with an oral contraceptive combination of levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol (LNG/EE) can safely eliminate menstruation in most women, according to study results appearing in the medical journal Contraception.
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When taken within five days after unprotected sex, mifepristone works as well for emergency contraception as the approved drug levonorgestrel, UK researchers report.
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PHILADELPHIA - Oct. 22, 2004 â-omen who take birth control pills have a lower risk of heart disease, heart attack, and no increased risk of breast cancer according to a new study based on data from the Women&#39;s Health Initiative.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDayNews) -- The biggest trial to date on an experimental obesity drug shows the pill is both safe and effective, researchers say.
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One of the largest studies carried out on the oral contraceptive pill has found it might protect women from heart disease and cancers of the ovaries and womb.
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It turns out that the new male contraceptive pill under development stops more than sperm. One of the U.K. researchers behind it tells us how it works. In Bodyhack.
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Women with inherited bleeding disorders often find menstruation troublesome. For them, a UK team reports, an intrauterine device that releases the hormone levonorgestrel seems helpful.
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British researchers found that women taking the birth control pill for 15 years halved their chances of developing ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it.
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omen on the birth control pill are protected from ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it
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The contraceptive pill has prevented some 200,000 cases of ovarian cancer and 100,000 deaths from this disease since its introduction nearly half a century ago, according to a study published in next Saturday's Lancet medical journal.
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NEW YORK  - Women undergoing a treatment  called thermal balloon ablation for excessive menstrual  bleeding can be safely treated on an outpatient basis, UK  researchers.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with the diabetes  drug rosiglitazone, which is marketed under the trade name  Avandia, can restore ovulation in obese women with polycystic  ovary syndrome (PCOS), a disease involving high levels of male  hormones resulting in fertility and menstrual problems, new  research shows.
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The oral contraceptive pill may protect women from heart disease and some cancers, scientists suggest.
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Scientists are working on a contraceptive treatment which would stop men producing sperm.
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SAN ANTONIO -- The millions of women who quit taking menopause hormones after a big federal study found that the pills raised the risk of breast cancer now have more reason to be glad they stopped.
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NEW YORK  - A tiny device that is placed  inside the uterus and releases the hormone levonorgestrel is an  effective treatment for excessive menstrual bleeding, a problem  called menorrhagia, new research shows.
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For condom makers, it's also back-to-school season.