The assumption that has kept women out of so many physiology studies for years — uncertainty about potential fluctuations due to menstrual cycles or hormonal birth control — turns out to be incorrect.
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It was previously thought that only combined hormonal contraceptives carried an elevated breast cancer risk.
Some states already allow pharmacists to provide birth control to patients with a prescription. But FDA approval of an over-the-counter birth control pill could greatly expand access.
There hasn’t been a new form of male birth control since the 1980s. More contraception options for all partners could help reduce the rate of unintended pregnancies.
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Physician/Investigator at Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Professor of Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Kinesiology and Provost and Vice President Academic, McMaster University