Drugs For Contraception

Plan advocating sterilization continues to spark criticism, debate, support
The one-woman show that is Project Prevention completed a three-day stint in Honolulu last week, generating 37 calls to the toll-free line and debate about Barbara Harris' unconventional approach to stopping substance-exposed births by paying drug addicts and alcoholics $300 to obtain long-term birth control or be sterilized.

Birth control pill poses no added health risk - study
One of the world's largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are less likely to die from any cause, including cancer and heart disease.

"New" Merck has 43 drugs in mid-, late-stage tests
TRENTON — Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Monday that it now has 43 experimental drugs in mid- or late-stage testing — nearly double what it had before buying joint venture partner Schering-Plough Corp. last fall.

"New" Merck has 40 drugs in mid-, late-stage tests
READINGTON — Drugmaker Merck & Co. says it now has about 40 experimental drugs in mid-or late-stage development as a result of its recent deal to buy New Jersey neighbor Schering-Plough Corp.

2 p.m. update: Opinions
Guest columnist Tamar Abrams writes: "No one should be surprised by a proposed Utah law that would consider possible criminal prosecution and life imprisonment for women who suffer miscarriages in that state. Appalled maybe, but not surprised. It was just a matter of time.

Birth control pill safe
LONDON - ONE of the world's largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are less likely to die from any cause, including cancer and heart disease. British researchers said their study, which should reassure many millions of women across the world who have taken oral birth control pills, found no link between the drugs and an ...

Time for sex education to be a school subject
NOW who says only girls giggle. Boys do that too. Well, my classmates and I were guilty of giggling during secondary school more than 30 years ago when our biology teacher started talking about reproductive organs. (Now, we can all laugh at ourselves for giggling at that time.)

Longer life on the pill
THE pill holds no long-term increased risk of dying for women and may even extend their lives, a study has suggested.

BeaconEquity.com: BPAX incurs net loss of $6.4M for quarter ended September 30, 2009
BeaconEquity.com announces an investment report featuring biotechnology company BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and pertinent industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

New SpermCheck Fertility test discovered to measure man's sperm levels
Infertility affects between 10 and 15 percent of couples worldwide. Surprisingly, problems with male fertility account for approximately 50 percent of infertility cases.