Research done by a cancer research center in Seattle found new evidence about the risk of developing breast cancer that may concern women who are currently taking birth control pills. While the link between oral contraceptive pills and the cancer has long been debated, the new findings may call for an even closer examination of the connection between the two.
Research done by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle examined medical records of more ...
continue reading...Time Magazine’s blog reports a study that found about one in five pharmacies incorrectly denying teenage girls emergency contraception.
By law, teenagers 17 and older can buy the pills over the counter. The emergency contraceptives are also known Plan B or the “morning-after pill,” because they are most effective immediately following potential conception.
Researchers from Boston University, posing as either 17-year-old girls or doctors seeking Plan B emergency contraception for their 17-year-old patients, called 943 drugstores.
They found that 19% of pharmacists told ...
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