Birth Control While Breastfeeding and During the Post-Partum Period
I was taught in medical school never to leave a newborn delivery without discussing birth control with the new mother. The exhausted, delighted mothers and smiling fathers would always give the...
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My family medicine practice is located inside of an urgent care center. Many times, adolescent women coming into our office will tell us they are on the birth control pill (BCP) for heavy, irregular,...
View ArticleMenstrual Misery? New hormone-free therapy for teens with heavy, painful periods
Data out this week from Harvard University shows that 98% of adolescents with chronic pelvic pain have endometriosis. For the 176 million women worldwide that suffer for endometriosis, this data...
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