Birth-control

Prescription-free birth control pills will be available across the United States later this month, widening access to contraception at a time when abortion rights have been drastically curtailed.

Couples with more than two children should be stripped of their voting rights, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said on the occasion of World Population Day today, spurring allegations that he was targeting a particular community on the pretext of promoting a social cause.

The US Supreme Court is poised to deliver its verdict in a case that weighs the religious rights of employers and the right of women to the birth control of their choice.

Iranian lawmakers approved a bill today criminalising birth-control surgeries amid a drop in the country's population, an Iranian news agency reported. 106 lawmakers out of 207 voted for the bill, which would imprison those convicted of performing vasectomies and tubal ligations for two to five years, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.

Lupin has received a nod from the US Food and Drug Administration for taking a generic version of Teva Branded Pharm's Seasonique tablets to the American market, the drug major said in a statement on Friday.

German drugmaker Bayer has filed a suit in the United States against Indian generic drug maker Lupin, to prevent it from selling a version of Bayer's birth-control pill Natazia there.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is believed to be the most important cause of cervical cancer. Recent studies suggest that long duration use of oral contraceptives increases the risk of cervical cancer in HPV positive women.

In women infected with the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) the risk of cancer of the cervix of the uterus (cervical cancer) increases up to fourfold with longterm use of birth-control pills (oral contraceptives). HPV is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that often disappears spontaneously. However certain HPV strains are linked to an increase...

Prescription-free birth control pills will be available across the United States later this month, widening access to contraception at a time when abortion rights have been drastically curtailed.

Couples with more than two children should be stripped of their voting rights, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said on the occasion of World Population Day today, spurring allegations that he was targeting a particular community on the pretext of promoting a social cause.

The US Supreme Court is poised to deliver its verdict in a case that weighs the religious rights of employers and the right of women to the birth control of their choice.

Iranian lawmakers approved a bill today criminalising birth-control surgeries amid a drop in the country's population, an Iranian news agency reported. 106 lawmakers out of 207 voted for the bill, which would imprison those convicted of performing vasectomies and tubal ligations for two to five years, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.

Lupin has received a nod from the US Food and Drug Administration for taking a generic version of Teva Branded Pharm's Seasonique tablets to the American market, the drug major said in a statement on Friday.

German drugmaker Bayer has filed a suit in the United States against Indian generic drug maker Lupin, to prevent it from selling a version of Bayer's birth-control pill Natazia there.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is believed to be the most important cause of cervical cancer. Recent studies suggest that long duration use of oral contraceptives increases the risk of cervical cancer in HPV positive women.

In women infected with the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) the risk of cancer of the cervix of the uterus (cervical cancer) increases up to fourfold with longterm use of birth-control pills (oral contraceptives). HPV is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that often disappears spontaneously. However certain HPV strains are linked to an increase...