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Women’s Sexual Health

Monitoring Crucial Side Effects of PrEP

Scott Frenzel had been treated at his local healthcare clinic in Nashville, Tennessee, for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) twice. Even though he is a prime candidate for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a drug that can…

Aug 23, 2023

Benefits and Side Effects of “The Morning After Pill”

The “morning-after pill” is available to a second generation at Jennifer’s home. “I have three teenagers, two boys and a girl, in the house,” she says, explaining that she keeps My Way (levonorgestrel) on hand.

Jun 22, 2022

What to Know About the Abortion Pill Side Effects

Veda has used both the so-called abortion pill and a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure to end two separate pregnancies. When she was 20, the now 27-year-old mother of a healthy toddler went to a…

May 26, 2022

Benefits & Side Effects of the HPV Vaccine

It’s been 16 years since the first vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was first approved and recommended for females who…

Mar 31, 2022

Is It Time to Stop Taking the Pill?

I started taking the pill when I was in college, not as a method of birth control, but because it was the only thing that worked to quell the debilitating symptoms –- agonizing cramps, headaches,…

Sep 24, 2020
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