We usually focus on the physical health effects of the pill, yet the most common reason women stop or change the pill is mental health side effects.
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There is no biological evidence for “giving your body a break” and in fact, it could do your health more harm than good.
Medicinal chemists are tweaking a natural molecule that can be a deadly poison – a modified version might work as a nonhormonal male contraceptive.
New technology claims to offer an effective alternative to hormonal contraception.
A detailed new review should encourage us to ask some awkward questions.
Side effects have led to the plug being pulled on the male contraceptive injection. But what about those experienced by women on the pill?
Studies have suggested that women using a particular kind of injectable contraceptive are more susceptible to HIV infection. Research in mice offers new insights.
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.
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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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Chair, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
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Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Global Public Health, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Director of the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development, University of Minnesota
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Principal Scientist at the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development, University of Minnesota
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Research Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Associate Program Director of the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development, University of Minnesota
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Senior Research Fellow and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Monash University
