Contraceptive technology update
Contracept Technol Update
· ISSN (print) 0274-726X
· 5 papers in corpus
other
1991
RU-486 has been used as an alternative to surgical abortion in France, it has recently been approved for use in Britain. There is still a ban in the US on the importation of RU-486 even for medical research. Technically the US has not banne…
other
1984
Progestins in oral contraceptives (OCs) produce potential complications, as well as noncontraceptive benefits, according to Robert A. Hatcher, MD, MPH, professor of gynecology and obstetrics, Emory University Medical School. Hatcher told CT…
other
1982
An important question that arises is what are the implications to those working in family planning of the various causes of infertility which increase as a woman passes from her late teens to the late 20s or 30s. The family planning profess…
case-report
1982
A 23 year old woman with recurring functional ovarian cysts has heard that oral contraceptives (OC) may be used to influence regression of the cysts, but she is hesitant to use them since she smokes 10 cigarettes a day. The patient, at age …
other
1981
For some couples sexual intercourse during menses is both acceptable and pleasurable, while for others it is an undesirable or unacceptable sexual pattern. When counseling couples about having sexual intercourse during menses, one need to k…