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Teens can demand morning after pill by text - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"A health trust is to expand a controversial scheme to allow girls as young as 11 to demand the morning-after pill by text.
Girls at six secondary schools in Oxfordshire have been able to text requests for emergency contraception if they have had unprotected sex, or if they fear condoms have failed."
Condom catches up with the Pill but caution still needed - The Times 21st October 2009
"The rising number of women using the condom may be the headline figure in these latest statistics but that is not necessarily a cause for celebration.
While condoms reduce the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI), they are not as good at preventing unplanned pregnancy. But the Pill, which is equally popular, is not as effective as most women think, either. "
Condoms catch up with Pill as safe sex message gets through - The Times 21st October 2009
"Condoms have caught up with the Pill as the most popular contraceptive with women in a sign that the safe-sex message may be getting through.
New data from the Office for National Statistics show that condoms are the first choice of contraceptive for one in four women, the same proportion that favours the Pill. "
Carrying a condom is now as popular as taking the Pill among young women - Daily Mail 21st October 2009
"The condom is now as popular as the Pill among young women, according to figures released yesterday.
The two methods of contraception are used equally for the first time since such statistics have been collected. "
Condom 'rivals pill's popularity' - BBC Health News 20th October 2009
"The condom has now caught up with the pill as women's preferred method of contraception, latest figures suggest.
A quarter of the 1,093 women under 50 surveyed opted for condoms, which is identical to the proportion who plumped for the oral contraceptive pill. "
Contraceptive pill has made women less attracted to masculine men... and more interested in 'boyish' looks - Daily Mail 7th October 2009
"It ushered in the 1960s sexual revolution and gave women control over their own fertility.
But the Pill may also have changed women's taste in men, according to a study. "
Men wanted to test contraceptive - BBC Health News 4th October 2009
"Scientists are seeking couples to take part in a trial of a new contraceptive injection for men.
A team from Edinburgh University is involved in the World Health Organisation research into the jab."
Contraceptives can reduce impact of climate change says Lancet - Daily Telegraph 18th September 2009
Greater use of contraceptives could help reduce the global impact of climate change, according to medical journal The Lancet.
An all-night service too far - Lancashire Telegraph 14th September 2009
THERE are all kinds of services on offer these days aimed at making our lives easier and saving precious time.
But it is hardly surprising that the latest business scheme to be launched in Burnley has been roundly attacked by councillors and health professionals.
Burnley business delivering booze, condoms and fags till 5am - Lancashire Telegraph 14th September 2009
A NEW business that delivers alcohol, cigarettes, snacks and even condoms to homes until 5am has been slammed for putting people’s health at risk.
Bosses behind Booze Direct said its early morning deliveries would “keep the party going” after pubs and clubs have shut.
Widespread belief in contraceptive myths, survey suggests - Daily Telegraph 5th September 2009
Britain’s high rate of unintended pregnancies could be down to widespread belief in myths surrounding contraception, experts have warned.
Contraception myths 'widespread' - BBC Health News 5th September 2009
A UK survey has revealed that myths about contraception may be widespread.
One in five women said they had heard of kitchen items, including bread, cling film and even chicken skin, being used as alternative barrier methods.
Others had heard food items such as kebabs, Coca-cola or crisps could be used as oral contraceptives.
Women 'doubt men will take pill' - BBC Health News 25th August 2009
A university report has claimed that while men welcomed a male contraceptive pill, women said their partners could not be trusted to take one regularly.
A Teesside University team questioned 380 people about their attitude to the male pill, which is still under test.
Is it time to stop taking the Pill? A new book asks whether the tide of risks has gone too far - Daily Mail 24th August 2009
I was born in 1980, a couple of decades after the contraceptive pill gave women a longed-for control over their own sex lives and fertility.
By the mid-Nineties, however, fears about HIV and other sexually transmitted infections were in full flow.
As research raises new fears, can the Pill be safe for you? - Daily Mail 23rd August 2009
The contraceptive Pill is the most popular method of birth control in the UK, used by a quarter of women. Yet new studies from Holland and Denmark suggest there may be a higher risk of deep vein thrombosis from some types of Pill.
Here, Dr Ellie Cannon answers questions she is asked most in her surgery.
Not just pills and condoms - The Guardian 2nd July 2009
Messages on preventing pregnancy and disease have left better forms of contraception ignored
Plea over 'danger pill' - Manchester Evening News 29th June 2009
A CHARITY has called for a warning about a contraceptive pill linked to a woman's death.
The M.E.N. reported last week how Helen Schofield, 33, from Prestwich, died from a blood clot three months after her GP prescribed her Dianette.
Woman dies from blood clot cause by contraceptive pill - The Telegraph 25th June 2009
A woman died from a blood clot three months after she started taking the contraceptive pill Dianette
'My daughter was killed by a lethal drug': Charity shop worker dies from DVT just weeks after switching to new Pill - Daily Mail 26th June 2009
A woman collapsed and died from a blood clot just three months after she started taking a new contraceptive pill.
Helen Schofield was not told there was a risk of deep vein thrombosis when her GP prescribed Dianette for her heavy periods.
Blood clot kills woman on pill - Manchester Evening News 25 June 2009
A YOUNG woman died from a blood clot just three months after she started taking a contraceptive pill.
Helen Schofield, 33, was prescribed Dianette by her GP but she was not informed of the increased risk of getting Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), an inquest at Manchester magistrates' court heard.
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