Could a contraceptive app be as good as the pill?
New technology claims to offer an effective alternative to hormonal contraception.
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Keeping girls at school may reduce teenage pregnancy and STIs – but sex education doesn’t
A detailed new review should encourage us to ask some awkward questions.
Why the male ‘pill’ is still so hard to swallow
Side effects have led to the plug being pulled on the male contraceptive injection. But what about those experienced by women on the pill?
The search for answers to hormonal contraception’s role in HIV infection
Studies have suggested that women using a particular kind of injectable contraceptive are more susceptible to HIV infection. Research in mice offers new insights.
How limiting women’s access to birth control and abortions hurts the economy
Providing women with a range of reproductive health options – from abortions to IUDs – is not only essential for their financial security but good for the economy as well.
The all-in-one solution to sexual health is on its way
Scientists are developing various products that can provide contraception and protection from sexually transmitted infections and HIV at the same time.
Top contributors
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Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in the College of Medicine, The Ohio State University
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Research Fellow, Cell and Tissue Biomedicine, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer in Global Public Health, University of York
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Senior Research Fellow/ Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University