Contraception

April 21, 2021

Early and routine contraceptive counseling for all women of reproductive age with cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular risk factors is an essential component of comprehensive cardiovascular care, according to evidence-based recommendations of contraceptive options published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

April 20, 2021

Women with diabetes are slightly less likely to use contraception after their diabetes diagnosis, according to a retrospective cohort study in the journal Primary Care Diabetes.

April 16, 2021

Nextstellis (drospirenone; estetrol) now is approved as a combined oral contraceptive for birth control.

April 07, 2021

This video interview features Rachael Phelps, MD, Medical Director at Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York, and of the Rochester LARC Initiative; and Amber Truehart, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Family Planning and Contraceptive Research at the University of Chicago.

April 06, 2021

A prospective study to assess the effects of an oral contraceptive containing estetrol and drospirenone on ovarian function found treatment achieved complete ovulation inhibition.

April 02, 2021

The pandemic has forced us to get more creative in managing patients’ needs, especially when it comes to contraception

March 31, 2021

This video interview features Rachael Phelps, MD, Medical Director at Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York, and of the Rochester LARC Initiative; and Amber Truehart, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Family Planning and Contraceptive Research at the University of Chicago.

March 25, 2021

In this episode, Dr. Rachel Phelps of the Rochester LARC Initiative sits down with Dr. Amber Trueheart of the University of Chicago Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

March 23, 2021

Limited changes occur in endocrine markers with the combined oral contraceptive Nextstellis (Mayne Pharma), according to a prospective study presented at the virtual annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) in March.

March 02, 2021

Since 2012, when South Carolina's Medicaid program became the first state Medicaid program to separate payment for the immediate postpartum placement of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) from global maternity payment, a significantly greater number of mothers are using LARC, especially among adolescents.