Morning after pill access widens
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More women are obtaining the morning after pill from chemists and walk-in centres than two years ago.
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Sanofi-Aventis said on Friday that U.S. regulators had approved wider use for its colon cancer drug Eloxatin, lifting shares in the world's third-largest pharmaceuticals group.
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Breastfeeding women and their babies may hold the secret to developing a drug that could increase female sex drive. American researchers at the University of Chicago in Illinois have found that
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New warnings will be added to an abortion pill implicated in the death of an 18-year-old California woman last fall, linking Mifeprex to the risk of serious bacterial infection.
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Some see easy access to emergency contraception as a way to drastically reduce teen pregnancy, already on the decline since the early 1990s. Others worry that its long-term effects on young women are unknown or argue that the drug, also known as the "morning after pill," encourages teens to have sex. Ultimately, it will be up to Food and Drug Administration officials to decide: Should older teens be able to buy emergency contraception over the counter?
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The number of girls in school and women in parliaments has risen, and their overall access to contraception has improved in the past decade, according to a new report by the United Nations Population Fund.
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The government is considering allowing over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill to women 18 and older &#151; a surprise move Monday that revives efforts to widen access to the emergency contraceptive almost a year after it was thought doomed.
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The government has delayed a decision about whether to allow women to buy the morning-after birth control pill over the counter but hopes to act soon, the manufacturer said Friday.
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The maker of the morning-after pill said it received assurances Tuesday that the government would quickly settle a three-year battle to sell the emergency contraceptive without a prescription to at least some women.
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A group demanding easier access to the emergency contraceptive Plan B said Friday it seeks to subpoena White House e-mails and other documents as part of its lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration.
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The manufacturer of the morning-after pill resubmitted an application Friday seeking federal approval to sell the emergency contraceptive without a prescription.
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Providing women with easy access to the emergency contraceptive Plan B did not lead them to engage in more risky sexual behavior, a study of more than 2,000 women says.
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Life & style: Women will be able to get the contraceptive pill from their high street chemist under new plans
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NEW YORK  - Many women who value the option of over-the-counter emergency contraceptive pills for themselves may worry that it's not a good idea for women in general, a small survey suggests.
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NEW YORK  - 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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Pupils at a city middle school will be able to get birth control pills and patches at their student health center after the local school board approved the proposal Wednesday evening.
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Federal drug regulators strengthened the warning label on the pill, RU-486, after the death of a woman who took the pill.