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Insured but still paying for birth control? Time to investigate!
UPDATE: President Biden has opened the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for 2022. You can now enroll in one of these plans until January 15, 2022, at healthcare.gov . Some states have their own open enrollment periods and websites for signing up. Check to see if your state does . […]
Introducing LILETTA: A(nother) new IUD
Update: LILETTA is no longer the newest IUD to hit the market. Another hormonal IUD, Kyleena, became available in 2016. Learn more about Kyleena and read the latest about LILETTA . — As the use of IUDs in the U.S. has gone up, so has the number of IUD options on the market. The latest […]
Talking to your health insurance company 101
UPDATE: President Biden has opened the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for 2022. You can now enroll in one of these plans until January 15, 2022, at healthcare.gov . Some states have their own open enrollment periods and websites for signing up. Check to see if your state does . […]
The long goodbye to Ortho Evra
The maker of the Ortho Evra patch recently announced that their patch will be discontinued in the U.S. . But if you use it, don’t start sweating yet—your health care provider or pharmacy may have plenty of Ortho Evra patches on hand. They will keep filling prescriptions until they run out. There’s also a new […]
Is there a connection between birth control and Crohn’s disease?
About 2 in 1,000 adults in the U.S. have Crohn’s disease , a long-term inflammation of the small or large intestine. Doctors don’t know for sure what causes the disease, but they know that women are more likely than men to get it. Same with smokers, people living in cities, and people with family members […]
Open enrollment is over: Can you still get covered?
UPDATE: President Biden has opened the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for 2022. You can now enroll in one of these plans until January 15, 2022, at healthcare.gov . Some states have their own open enrollment periods and websites for signing up. Check to see if your state does . […]
Need health insurance? You may still have options
UPDATE: President Biden has opened the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for 2022. You can now enroll in one of these plans until January 15, 2022, at healthcare.gov . Some states have their own open enrollment periods and websites for signing up. Check to see if your state does . […]
Quickie guide to birth control and hormones
If you’ve ever wondered how hormones and birth control could affect your body, this quickie guide should clear things up. After all, it’s good for you to know which birth control methods have hormones and it’s also important to know that not all hormonal methods are the same. Hormones 101. Start here if you want […]
Coming soon: The LILETTA IUD
UPDATE: We’ve got more deets on LILETTA here . —More women in the United States are using IUDs now that at any time since the ‘70s. There are currently three IUDs on the U.S. market, and soon women who like their birth control easy, long-lasting, and in their uterus will have yet another option: A […]
How to avoid 6 common condom problems
We’ve all been there. Things are heating up and you both know exactly what you want to happen next. One of you whispers those five crucial words: “Do you have a condom?” and the other produces one (or, better still, several) triumphantly. You’re happily getting it on when you realize the condom tore or slipped […]
