More States Are Allowing Pharmacists to Prescribe Birth Control
TUESDAY, Dec. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pharmacists can now prescribe hormonal contraceptives in 20 U.S. states, plus Washington, D.C., giving women easier access to birth control, a new report says. Another 10 states have legislation in the works, …
Learn MoreMore States Are Allowing Pharmacists to Prescribe Birth Control
TUESDAY, Dec. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pharmacists can now. prescribe hormonal contraceptives in 20 U.S. states, plus Washington, D.C., giving women easier access to birth control, a new report says.Another 10 states have legislation in the works, …
Learn MoreLas niñas más jóvenes corren el mayor peligro en un embarazo
VIERNES, 4 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Cuando las niñas preadolescentes o las adolescentes muy jóvenes quedan embarazadas, se enfrentan a unas tasas más altas de complicaciones y a un mayor riesgo de acabar en la unidad de cuidados intens…
Learn MorePregnancy Is Most Dangerous for the Very Young
FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — When preteen children or very young teenagers become pregnant, they face higher rates of complications and a greater risk of winding up in the intensive care unit than older teens do, a new study finds.The ques…
Learn MoreCombined Oral Contraceptives Do Not Seem to Worsen Macromastia
FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Use of a combined oral contraceptive pill during adolescence may be associated with less severe breast hypertrophy and does not seem to exacerbate macromastia-related symptoms, according to a study published in…
Learn MoreUn estudio refuta el mito de que las pastillas anticonceptivas agrandan los senos de las adolescentes
LUNES, 3 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Las pastillas anticonceptivas que contienen tanto estrógeno como progestina no contribuyen al crecimiento de unos senos agrandados en las adolescentes y mujeres jóvenes, y podrían en realidad asociarse c…
Learn MoreStudy Counters Myth That Contraceptive Pill Enlarges Breasts in Teen Girls
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Birth control pills that contain both estrogen and progestin do not contribute to growth of enlarged breasts in teens and young women, a new study finds, and may actually be associated with developing less seve…
Learn MoreMinnesota Trial Focuses on Pharmacist Who Refused to Provide Morning-After Pill
TUESDAY, Aug. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A Minnesota jury is expected to decide by the end of this week whether a woman’s human rights were violated when a pharmacist denied her request to fill a prescription for emergency contraception, sometimes …
Learn MoreMinnesota Trial Focuses on Pharmacist Who Refused to Provide Morning-After Pill
TUESDAY, Aug. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A Minnesota jury is expected to decide by the end of this week whether a woman’s human rights were violated when a pharmacist denied her request to fill a prescription for emergency contraception, sometimes ca…
Learn MoreFDA Mulling Over-the-Counter Sale of Contraceptive Pill
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For decades, birth control pills in the United States have only been available with a prescription, but an application filed Monday with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an over-the-counter pill might…
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