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Birth control options
You have many birth control options. Each works differently. What are the choices and what should you consider in order to help you make your decision?
Birth Control Risks
Each method of birth control comes with risks to your health. What are the general problems you could encounter?
Urinary Tract Infection Causes and Risk Factors
Why are women more at risk of developing UTI than men? Read here for more on what causes urinary tract infections and what puts you at risk of UTI.
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Causes and Risk Factors
How does medical history put you at risk of developing PID? And what causes pelvic inflammatory disease? Are you at risk?
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Young 'at risk over contraception'
Ambiguous laws about contraception are putting young people at risk of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, it has been claimed.
Let's talk about sex, not contraception - more teens at risk
THE NUMBER of teenagers in the UK having unprotected sex with a new partner has risen steeply over the past two years.
More youngsters having unsafe sex - global study
LONDON (Reuters) - Young people across the globe are having more unprotected sex and know less about effective contraception options, a multinational survey revealed on Monday.
World Contraception Day
The statistics are startling: Approximately 50 per cent of adolescents under the age of 17 in Latin America and the Caribbean are sexually active. Almost 40 per cent of pregnancies worldwide are unplanned and it’s estimated that 22 per cent of all pregn
More Youngsters Having Unsafe Sex
Young people across the globe are having more unprotected sex and know less about effective contraception options