Topic: Sexual and Reproductive Health
LONDON (Reuters) - 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 ...
Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says. British researchers observed more than 46,000 women for nearly four decades from 1968. They compared the number of deaths in ...
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said the Food and Drug Administration approved a six-month dose of the prostate cancer drug Trelstar, which already was available in one- and three-month doses. Trelstar is developed by Debiopharm Group of Switzerland and marketed by Watson. Watson plans to launch the six-month dose in ...
Haemophilus ducreyi is what is responsible for Chancroid. This is a highly contagious sexually transmitted disease, but is curable. Genital ulcers are caused by Chancroid. This is associated with painful lymph glands in the groin area. This is curable and should be treated as and when the symptoms start to surface. If it is left untreated would give way to ...
