The Short and Long of IUD Use Duration
Selecting a Method When Guidance Isn’t Clear-cut
Healthcare in the Time of Digital Expansion
The Scoop on Two New FDA-Approved Contraceptive Methods
Pregnancy of unknown location—meeting the challenge
Big “yes” (with caveats) to CHCs during perimenopause
The role of IUDs (LNG IUDs, too!) in emergency contraception
Combined pills’ effect on mood disorders
Abortion in the U.S.: safe, declining, and under threat
Hope for ovarian cancer screening test
Breast cancer still a small risk with some hormonal contraceptives
Record rate of HPV-related throat cancer
Viruses in semen potentially transmissible
Don’t Abstain from Your Role in Abstinence
Teens births declining but geographic ‘hotspots’ defy trend
Online Medical Abortion Service Effective and Safe
Do Women Really Need to Wait That Long?
Reassuring news on depression and OC use
PMDD: Genetic clues may lead to improved treatment
Breast cancer risk when there is a family history
Body weight link to breast and endometrial cancers (and 11 others)
Family Planning in 2017 and Beyond
Make Me Cry: Depression Link (Again)?
Managing implant users’ bleeding and spotting
Zika: Updated guidance for providers
Pharmacist-prescribed contraceptives
Hot off the press! 2016 MEC and SPR
Zika virus fears prompt increased request for abortion in nations outlawing abortions
Opioid use epidemic among reproductive-age women
Good news on the family planning home front!
War Against Planned Parenthood Hurts Women
Win-win for both treatment and prevention
Menopause, mood, mental acuity, and hormone therapy
Emergency contraception for teens
Postpartum Contraception: Now, Not Later
Are we practicing what we preach?
Be alert to VTE in hormonal contraceptive users
LARC among teens increased 15-fold, but not enough
Brain cancer and hormonal contraception
Free tools: Easy access to the US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use
Alcohol consumption when pregnancy is unwanted or unintended
Latest Data on Contraceptive Use in the United States
LateBreaker sampler from Contraceptive Technology conference
Emergency Contraceptive Pill Efficacy and BMI/Body Weight
Handout on Unintended Pregnancy and Contraceptive Choice
Ask About Withdrawal (Really!)
Rules to Practice By: Safety First and Cleanliness is Close to. . .
What’s Vanity Fair Got Against the NuvaRing?
Promising New Treatment for Hepatitis C
Numbers matter, so make them simple for patients
The Recession’s Effect on Unintended Pregnancies
Lessons Learned from the Contraceptive CHOICE Project: The Hull LARC Initiative
Applying the “New” Cervical Cytology Guidelines in Your Practice
Acute Excessive Uterine Bleeding: New Management Strategies
Medical indications for IUD use in teens
September 2013
We welcome you to our new website. Our key feature is a monthly LateBreaker examining the evidence and analyzing the conflicting reports on one of the challenging dilemmas you face in your everyday practice. These LateBreaker bulletins are an extension of our favorite session at our conferences, when our panel reports on a dozen topics too new to publish in the conference schedule.
Each month we also highlight a clinical pearl, taken from the pages of our reference textbook Contraceptive Technology. We summarize with a simple sentence or two, give brief foundational support, and tell you the page to turn to in our book if you want to read more.
For quick reference, click on the Resources tab. You can scroll through the pages of color photos of available hormonal pills. You can also find a user-friendly table on contraceptive efficacy, one you can share with your patients, who will find it easily understandable. From the pages of Contraceptive Technology, a listing of helpful phone numbers and websites for you and your patients covers a wide array of resources. We will add more over time, so keep checking.
If you are interested, check out our Contraceptive Technology conferences—three per year: East Coast, West Coast, and Atlanta. Click on the link or access the latest agenda of presentations at www.contemporaryforums.com. On that site, for a modest fee, you can also view any of dozens of presentations given at our recent conferences.
Copies of the 20th edition of Contraceptive Technology are available through the links on this site. If you wish to purchase multiple copies at discount prices, contact the publisher directly through the link provided on the Book tab.
Our mission is to produce and disseminate high quality, timely, and practical educational, reference, and training materials on contraceptive technology and reproductive health. We thank the talented clinicians and researchers who contribute to our conferences and book. And we are immensely grateful to our attendees and readers, whose work makes families healthier and sex safer.
Deborah Kowal, MA, PA, President & CEO, Contraceptive Technology Communications, Inc.