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Contraceptive Increases HIV Risk in African Study
National Review Online: A new study in the British medical journal The Lancet has revealed that a common contraceptive doubles the risk of HIV infection ? at least based on evidence from where it is most popularly recommended and used, in eastern and southern Africa (the world?s most AIDS-infected areas)...

Study Finds Injectable Contraceptive Leads To Obesity
LifeSiteNews: "A study by Drs. Abbey B. Berenson and Mahbubur Rahman of The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, has found women who use the injectable hormonal contraceptive DMPA (depot medroxyprogesterone acetate) experience a significant increase in body weight and fat, and the obesity may persist even after stopping DMPA use...

AIDS Drugs Linked to Heart Attack Risk
Use of the popular AIDS drugs Ziagen and Videx appears to dramatically increase the risk of heart attack, according to a study published in the UK medical journal The Lancet. The study finds that nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) such...

Pre-teens in South Africa given contraceptive injection without parental consent
LifeSiteNews.com: Contraceptive injections were administered without parental consent to young girls at a South African school, the Dispatch Online reported Monday.

Study finds condom use is increasing
The Gainesville Sun: "Women and their partners in the United States are increasingly using male condoms when they have premarital sex for the first time, which may explain why teenage birth rates have declined in recent decades, according to a new government survey of contraceptive methods...

Kenya concern over contraceptive pill popping
Anne Mawathe reports in the BBC: "The Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya has also voiced concerned about long-term use of the e-pill. Besides side-effects, like nausea, heavy bleeding and cramps, regular use of the emergency contraception may cause infertility and in some instances increase the risk of cancer...

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Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch
allegedly causing fatal blood clots, heart attack, and stroke.