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The HPV vaccine, new and improved
In December of 2014, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) called Gardasil 9. Sound familiar? Gardasil 9 is the beefed up version of the original Gardasil shot , which protected against four strains of HPV. Gardasil 9 protects against—you guessed it—nine types of HPV. Young […]
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 […]
Birth control top 5: What methods do health care professionals use?
Health care providers are just like us! Well, almost… A new study shows what methods of birth control family planning providers in the United States are most likely to use themselves and compares that to what methods are most popular among U.S. women overall. IUDs are big with providers, with 40% of those surveyed saying […]
Love your implant? Keep it for up to five years
Good news for people who love long-acting birth control… Research shows that the implant keeps working for up to two years longer than its FDA-approved length of use. The implant works for five years Right now, the label of the implant (a.k.a. Nexplanon, previously known as Implanon) says it can be used for three years. […]
Does birth control cause brain cancer?
Today’s scary headline is about birth control increasing the risk for brain cancer. Let’s take a look at the data behind the headlines . (It’s a lot less scary than it sounds.) First, some definitions Glioma is a general term for several kinds of brain tumors. Together, these tumors make up much of the brain […]
What you REALLY need to know about condoms and cancer
There’s been some recent back and forth in the world of sexual health about a publication by the Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP) on nitrosamines in latex condoms. The RHTP report notes that the “use of condoms should not be reduced or undermined because of the presence of nitrosamines in some condoms,” yet its findings […]
Go easy: More women choosing low-maintenance birth control
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 . […]
A prick, a squeeze, and 3 months of birth control
There’s big news for birth control around the world. Women in 69 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Central Europe may soon have access to an affordable new form of birth control that’s similar to the shot (Depo Provera). It’s called Sayana Press and it’s designed so that with basic training, health care workers […]
Stop the presses: Hooking up in college is pretty common
College students hooking up: it’s been immortalized by too many movies to count . To learn more about what real college students are up to these days, researchers at New York University asked thousands of them at schools around the country about their experiences with dating, hooking up, and sex. The researchers found that : […]
Getting the snip is on the rise for guys
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 . […]
