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FDA Approves First Cervical Cancer Vaccine

June 8, 2006 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the nod today to a new vaccine that experts are calling one of the most important advances in women's health in recent years. The Merck product is the first developed to prevent cervical cancer, precancerous genital lesions, and genital warts from human papillomavirus [...]

Posted 08 June 2006 § Treatment ‡ Comments (0) °

Helping Women with the Pain of Endometriosis

Doctors at the University of Rochester are conducting a new study comparing birth control pills to the standard treatment drug lupron which comes in the form of a painful shot. View related video. Read more >>

Posted 23 May 2006 § Endometriosis ‡ Comments (0) °

Sperm Behavior Critical To Next Generation Birth Control, Fertility Drugs

Boston, MA (AHN) – Harvard researchers, in efforts to develop the next generation of birth control, say an extensive knowledge of how sperm and egg unite is critical to the future of fertility and birth control drugs. David Clapham and Yuriy Kurichok of Harvard University say that the female reproductive tract is warmer near the [...]

Posted 09 May 2006 § Fertility § Men ‡ Comments (0) °