Contraceptive Usage
Healio Minute, Breast Cancer Edition: Top Headlines for the Week of December 12, 2022
In this episode, FDA grants fast track designation to REM-001; practice-changing treatment advances continue; proton partial breast radiotherapy appears effective and more.
Hormone fluctuations associated with lung function in women with cystic fibrosis
Among women with cystic fibrosis, potentially important hormone fluctuations were associated with changes in lung function, symptoms and inflammation, according to research published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Incentive metric may increase contraceptive use in Medicaid beneficiaries
Implementing a program-level incentive metric may increase use of effective contraceptives among Medicaid beneficiaries, according to results from a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Few women with chronic conditions use highly effective contraceptives despite pregnancy risks
Approximately a third of reproductive-age women have a chronic condition that could lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes, but few used highly effective birth control methods, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.