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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A ruling last week on the morning-after pill, as well as government recommendations on new forms of birth control, could have long-lasting effects on women's perceptions of its safety, health experts say.Last Wednesday, the health secretary for the first ...

ADELPHI, Maryland (Reuters) - Drug advisers recommended that the label for Johnson and Johnson's Ortho Evra birth control patch should be simplified to better explain the risk of blood clots.Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration, in a sweeping 20 to three ...

ADELPHI, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. drug advisers recommended that the label for Johnson and Johnson's Ortho Evra birth control patch be simplified to better explain the risk of blood clots.In a 20 to 3 vote with one abstention, advisers to the Food ...

ADELPHI, Maryland (Reuters) - Drug advisers recommended that the label for Johnson and Johnson's Ortho Evra birth control patch should be simplified to better explain the risk of blood clots.Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration, in a sweeping 20 to three ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Nuns should be offered the contraceptive pill, on health grounds, since it would cut their risk of getting cancer, two Australian doctors said on Thursday.The vow of chastity taken by the world's 95,000 Catholic nuns carries with it an ...

Democratic US lawmakers worry President Barack Obama may bow to Catholic groups fighting new rules to expand access to birth control for millions of women, congressional aides confirmed Wednesday.US media have reported that the lawmakers were pressing Obama to hold the line ...

(Reuters) - Most U.S. doctors believe pregnancy starts when the sperm fertilizes the egg, a survey shows, contradicting the position of a key medical group with a view that could potentially affect U.S. policy and laws regarding contraception and research.The American College ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The Catholic Church's ban on the use of contraception is not to blame for the population boom that is about to tip the world over the seven billion mark because most Catholics ignore it, a UN Population Fund (UNFPA) ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Irish President Mary Robinson was just making polite conversation when she asked an Ethiopian teenager about her wedding day.The 16-year-old had already been married a year."She looked at me with the saddest eyes and said, 'I had to ...

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Topic: Birth Control

Analysis: U.S. focus on birth control may raise new concerns

Analysis: focus on birth control may raise new concerns

FDA advisers stand behind Ortho Evra patch

FDA advisers: Ortho Evra patch needs clearer label

FDA advisers stand behind J&J's Ortho Evra patch

Vow of chastity and the pill may keep nuns healthy

Democrats worry over access to birth control

Survey: U.S. doctors disagree on pregnancy start

Catholic condom ban not causing population boom: U.N.

Curb soaring population growth? Keep girls in school

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