OBJECTIVE To determine American teenagers' awareness of and knowledge about emergency contraceptive pills and their likelihood to use them. METHODS We conducted a nationally representative telephone survey between March 28, 1996, and May 5, 1996, of 1510 teenagers (757 girls and 753 boys), aged 12 to 18 years, living in the continental United States in households with telephones. The sample o...

OBJECTIVE To estimate how number of oral contraceptive pill packages dispensed relates to subsequent pregnancies and abortions. METHODS We linked 84,401 women who received oral contraceptives through the California family planning program in January 2006 to Medi-Cal pregnancy events and births conceived in 2006. We compared pregnancy rates for women who received a 1-year supply of oral contra...

OBJECTIVE To summarize evidence regarding current demand for on-demand oral contraception. STUDY DESIGN We used Medline and collegial contacts to find published and unpublished studies conducted or reported in the past 15 years with information assessing women's interest in using any oral drug preparation, including emergency contraceptive pills, in a coitus-dependent manner either repeatedly...

BACKGROUND The rate of unintended pregnancy in the United States is much higher than in other developed nations. Approximately half of unintended pregnancies are due to contraceptive failure, largely owing to inconsistent or incorrect use. METHODS We designed a large prospective cohort study to promote the use of long-acting reversible contraceptive methods as a means of reducing unintended p...

Central retinal vein occlusion in young people is a rare entity. Here we present two cases of central retinal vein occlusion in young women using oral contraceptive pills. We found no other systemic problems and all routine investigations were within normal limits. The cases were managed with further avoidance of oral contraceptives and intravitreal injections of Bevacizumab (Avastin) to reduce...

BACKGROUND Ovarian epithelial cancers are among the most lethal women's cancers. There is no doubt about the preventive role of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) in development of ovarian cancers. But, there are limited numbers of studies to address the effect of these agents on the number of cortical inclusion cysts (CICs), their epithelial type and suppression of the metaplastic phenomenon by t...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Risky sexual activity among adolescents is on the increase and contraceptive prevalence rate is low which is evidenced by high rate of teenage pregnancy in Bayelsa state, Nigeria. This study assesses the adolescents' knowledge, attitude and utilization of emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) in Amassoma Community, Bayelsa State, in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. ME...

In October 1995, following advice from the Committee on Safety of Medicines, the Department of Health issued a press release concerning the use of seven brands of combined oral contraceptive pills. All pills carry an increased risk of venous thromboembolic events," though the absolute risk is low and considerably less than the health risks associated with an unwanted pregnancy or abortion. Rece...