Antipsychotics in Pregnancy Double Diabetes Risk, Researchers Say

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 3, 2012 Women who take antipsychotic drugs during pregnancy are much more likely to develop diabetes and give birth to smaller babies, researchers report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

IUDs Effective as Emergency Contraception

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2012 Data collected over 35 years shows that the use of intrauterine devices as emergency contraception has a 99.86 percent success rate. The findings prompted researchers at Princeton University to conclude that the devices could be routinely promoted as a defense against unwanted pregnancy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Not Everyone’s Doing It and That’s a Good Thing, Health Department Says

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2012 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lists the Heritage Keepers Abstinence Education, a pro-abstinence program aimed at middle and high schoolers, as one of almost three dozen "evidenced-based" sex education programs that qualify as effective in preventing teenage pregnancy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Target Knows Your Secrets

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2012 Decades of neuropsychology research have given Target the ability to predict customers’ shopping habits with increasing precision. The company’s statistical team can even tell when shoppers are likely to be in their second trimester of pregnancy. Combined with aggressive marketing tactics, such powers promise to add millions to its already swollen revenues. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Birth Control Recall: Pfizer Warns of Unintended Pregnancies

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2012 The pharmaceutical manufacturer says the million packets of mis-packaged birth control pills it is recalling won't harm women's health, but it acknowledges that they could fail to prevent users from becoming pregnant. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

FDA Tells Volunteer Sperm Donor to Zip It

Staff / Truthdig Dec 20, 2011 As of late last year, a Fremont, Calif., man had donated his sperm 328 times to would-be parents who found him on the Internet. The Food and Drug Administration has told the donor, whose self-described "service to help the community" has produced 14 children, to stop. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wider Availability of Morning-After Pill Denied

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2011 For the time being, females 16 and under concerned about pregnancy can kiss unrestrained access to the morning-after pill goodbye. On Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the FDA’s decision that emergency contraceptives be made freely available to youths over the counter. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stop Infant Mortality

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Health Care Bill Might Make ‘the Pill’ Free

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2010 Catholic groups are less than thrilled at the prospect that Uncle Sam might get into the contraception business. Nonetheless, a panel set to convene this month could decide that preventing unwanted pregnancies qualifies as the kind of complementary preventive care for women required by Obamacare. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Utah Agency at Heart of Undocumented List Leak

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2010 A list of 1,300 alleged illegal immigrants has been given to Utah media and state policymakers -- a list that includes individuals' first and last names, Social Security numbers, addresses, and even pregnancy due dates -- and many are looking to a particular state agency as the culprit for the leak. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Predicting Menopause

Staff / Truthdig Jun 27, 2010 Scientists believe that a simple blood test could in the future be able to predict exactly when a woman will start menopause, a development that would be invaluable in helping women make reproductive decisions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Happy Birthday, the Pill

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2010 Fifty years ago on Sunday, U.S. authorities announced the release a contraceptive device for women in the form of a swallowable tablet. The pill, as it has come to be known, has revolutionized sex, as well as given women control over their bodies when it comes to reproductive health. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )