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FDA to allow 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds (AP)

FDA to allow 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds

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created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Women's groups cheered the government's decision to allow 17-year-olds to buy the "morning-after" emergency contraceptive without a doctor's prescription, but conservatives denounced it as a blow ...





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Over the counter contraceptive pill will not reduce unplanned pregnancies, says expert

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 24, 2008 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Making the contraceptive pill available without prescription will not reduce unwanted pregnancies, says an expert in an article published on bmj.com today.


The IUD is the most popular long-acting contraceptive amongst Europeans

The IUD is the most popular long-acting contraceptive amongst Europeans

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A European study has defined the profile for the usage of long-acting contraceptive methods. The work, presented with the National Congress of Gynaecology award, shows, amongst other things, that 10% of women ...


Education may improve hospital prescription rate of emergency contraception to teens

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created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many doctors don't offer emergency contraception pills to adolescents who may benefit from them during emergency department visits because of misinformation about how the medicine works, according to a study by The Children's ...


Talking sex on the factory floor in China

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created May 30, 2007 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Young, single women in urban China are aware of contraceptive methods but some may be too shy to ask for them, research published in the online open access journal BMC Health Services Research reveals. Young women want more ...


U.S. sales of morning-after pill double

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created Jul 13, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sales of the morning-after pill Plan B in the United States have doubled since it was made available without a prescription.


Pediatrics: Kids need specialized care in hospital emergency departments

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to a recent IOM report, only 6 percent of U.S. hospital emergency departments are fully equipped to properly care for children. With high rates of novel H1N1 (swine) flu expected this winter, the time to address ...


New mathematical model more accurately diagnoses acute heart failure in emergency rooms

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have developed the first mathematical model in cardiology and emergency medicine to more quickly and reliably diagnose acute heart failure (AHF) in emergency room patients. Research findings ...


Calling it in: New emergency medical service system may predict caller's fate

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japanese researchers have developed a computer program which may be able tell from an emergency call if you are about to die. Research published in the open access journal BMC Emergency Medicine shows that a computer algori ...


Fixing the flaw in emergency planning

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Emergency response plans must include knowledge from the people who need to be protected if these plans are to help communities respond effectively to threats, write Drs. Roz Lasker, Noni MacDonald and Editor-in-Chief Paul ...


Majority of unintended incidents in the ER are caused by human error

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sixty percent of the causes of unintended incidents in the emergency department that could have compromised patient safety are related to human failures, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Emergency Me ...



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