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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?
Vaginal Bleeding Treatment
Most women can be treated with medications for abnormal vaginal bleeding. Read more about your treatment options here.
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Treatment
About 1 in 4 women diagnosed with PID stay in the hospital to receive treatment. But how else do doctors treat pelvic inflammatory disease? More here.
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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Why Aren’t Doctors Prescribing More IUDs?
By Linda Burke-Galloway
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The IUD is a great birth control method and yet, many physicians dont prescribe them. Why Because of money. On the heels of a recent blog I posted about the IUD, this months issue of OBG Management pu...
Should You Have an IUD Inserted Immediately After Having a Baby?
By Linda Burke-Galloway
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Although the IUD intrauterine device has been around since the 1970s it has gained renewed popularity and it seems to be safe. The IUD is a small plastic device thats inserted into the uterus to preve...
Post Baby: Is it Safe to Use Birth Control?
By Linda Burke-Galloway
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It depends on the method and whether the mother plans to breast feed. Ideally, it is recommended that women abstain from sexual relations for at least 4 to 6 weeks after having a baby to reduce the ri...
Are Birth Control Pills Safe?
By Doug Bremner
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