Pregnancy

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New oral contraceptive containing estetrol

Summary Drovelis®, a contraceptive pill containing the new oestrogen estetrol, was recently authorised for the European market by EMA. The reliability of this pill, which combines estetrol with drospirenone has not been assessed in controlled st ...

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Ballerine® copper IUD

The ‘intrauterine ball’ Ballerine®, a intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) made up of copper beads (copper surface area 300 mm2) has no proven added value over copper IUDs of first choice, such as T-shaped and horseshoe-shaped copper IUDs (wit ...

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Health apps for natural contraception: old wine in new bottles

Apps such as NaturalCycles® are being used by many women around the world as a natural, non-medical method of contraception. These apps are medical devices, which in principle have to meet the same requirements of effectiveness and safety as drug ...

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Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy

Cases of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy are divided into physiological emesis gravidarum (morning sickness), hyperemesis gravidarum (severe nausea with persistent vomiting) and nausea or vomiting due to an underlying disease. The article ...

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