A study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, which monitored a group of women for 25 years showed that the combined oral contraceptive pill (the pill) is the most common form of contraceptive among women under 29. At the same time many young women have unwanted pregnancies resulting in repeated abortions…

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Claims that the development of a drug to treat female sexual dysfunction amounts to “disease mongering” come “down to a delicate judgment call — that lack of female sexual satisfaction isn’t really a problem,” Washington Post columnist Katrina vanden Heuvel writes…

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Many women experience problems in the bedroom at one time or another. Female sexual dysfunction is not uncommon and although some women and healthcare providers have difficulty discussing it, it has been recognized by the medical community for decades…

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Having to provide repeated semen samples following a vasectomy could soon be a thing of the past, after 96 per cent of men were given the all-clear based on a single test three months after surgery…

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A “little-noticed” provision in the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) “could greatly expand access to contraception by requiring insurance companies to cover it without any out-of-pocket costs,” which could “result in fewer unintended pregnancies and abortions,” Guttmacher Institute Senior Public Policy Associate Adam Sonfield writes in a CNN opinion piece. The amendment, authored by [...] Read more »

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will devote $1.5 billion over the next five years to maternal and child health, family planning and nutrition programs in developing nations with high maternal and infant death rates, the New York Times reports. Melinda Gates, who announced the planned spending at an international women’s health conference in Washington, [...] Read more »

An FDA advisory committee is scheduled to meet June 17 to consider approval of the emergency contraception drug ulipristal acetate, which studies show is more effective than a currently approved EC drug — levonorgestrel — at preventing pregnancy, USA Today reports. Levonorgestrel, marketed in the U.S…

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An FDA advisory committee is scheduled to meet June 17 to consider approval of the emergency contraception drug ulipristal acetate, which studies show is more effective than a currently approved EC drug — levonorgestrel — at preventing pregnancy, USA Today reports. Levonorgestrel, marketed in the U.S…

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The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries…

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Developing and evaluating a faith-based, HIV-prevention program for African-American mothers and their daughters is the focus of Dr. Chisina Kapungu’s $795,000 career development grant from the National Institute of Mental Health…

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