Sprout Pharmaceuticals, which on Tuesday won regulatory approval for the first pill to aid a woman’s sex drive, will be acquired by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International for about $1 billion in cash.
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The History of Birth Control: How We’ve Been Trying To Prevent Babies Since The Beginning of Time
Birth control: two words that hold plenty of controversy, heated emotions, and in many cases, consequences that can change one’s life. In the modern world, contraception has somehow garnered a bad reputation, considered by some an unnatural way to toy with pregnancy and bearing children — particularly among certain religious groups.
Pregnancy Intentions Don’t Influence Women’s Birth Control Choices As Much As Relationships, Sexual Activity
As of now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 62 percent of women who are of reproductive age use contraception, the most popular choice being oral contraceptives, which 28 percent of women use. While oral contraception may be more common among women than ever before, the reason why may not be what you think. According to a new study published in the journal Contraception, women have made their contraception choice based on current relationships and sexual activity, not their long-term pregnancy goals.
Here’s What Sexperts Think About Female Viagra and Why You Shouldn’t Call It That
When news broke on August 18 that the Food and Drug Administration approved Addyi, the pill that is being incorrectly referred to as the “female Viagra,” it might have seemed like an obvious feminist win. Viagra has been around since 1998, but there hasn’t been anything remotely comparable on the market for women. Addyi is supposed to alleviate female hypoactive sexual desire disorder (or lack of sexual desire). But as we’ve reported, women on Addyi experienced an increase of only one sexual event per month during clinical trials.
Protect Your Fertility With Wireless Armour, The New Smart Underwear for Men
Dudes, let’s get personal for a minute. Protecting your most valuable bodily assets from the potentially harmful side effects of electromagnetic radiation is becoming more and more difficult in this digital day and age. In order to stay connected to your work, your dates, or your family, you’re constantly carrying around a cellphone in your pants pocket or balancing a laptop on your knee. But with recent studies suggesting a more concrete link between the radiation emitted by these devices and reduced fertility, it seems that the technology that should make you a more desirable mate is also stabbing you in the back. That’s why you need Wireless Armour, the underwear “that aims to protect male fertility against 99.9 percent of harmful electromagnetic radiation emitted by Wi-Fi devices including smartphones and laptops.”
Have Sex in The Dark if You Want to Get Pregnant
Researchers advise those struggling to conceive to take simple measures to ensure a good night’s sleep. Tips include dimming the lights in the evening and having meals at regular times.
ACOG Updates Emergency Contraception Guidelines
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) published a Practice Bulletin concerning emergency contraception online August 19 and in the September issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The new recommendations, which update those published by ACOG in May 2010, include an expanded discussion and guidance on the use of ulipristal acetate and new data regarding the effect of body weight on emergency contraception efficacy.
Women Who Become Mothers Following Fertility Treatment Face Increased Risk of Depression
Women giving birth after undergoing fertility treatment face an increased risk of depression compared to women ending up not having a child following fertility treatment, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen. According to the researchers, this has key implications for fertility treatment in future.
Does Stress Play a Role in Infertility
More than 7 million women are unable to conceive each year, with doctors citing stress as a possible underlying factor.
Fertility Clinics Let You Select Your Baby’s Sex
Women who want to select their baby’s sex undergo the costly and cumbersome process of in vitro fertilization (IVF) to create embryos that are also genetically tested before being implanted. Although the testing, broadly referred to as preimplantation genetic diagnosis, or PGD, is often used to test for genetic diseases, it can also identify the sex of the embryos. The IVF/PGD process can cost as much as $15,000 to $20,000 a cycle and isn’t covered by many insurance plans.