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Premenstrual dysphoric disorder causes debilitating periods. Here’s what we know about how to treat it.

For people with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), every month involves a struggle: feeling low and hopeless, navigating a minefield of intrusive thoughts and emotions, feeling so tired and overwhelmed that they are reduced to tears. The symptoms — which can also include depressed mood, anxiety, mood swings, irritability, sleep disturbances,…

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Rat birth control programs may not be the most efficient way to address urban rat infestations

Rats are present in almost every city in the world, building their own rat settlements in parallel with human urban infrastructure.

The Conversation

Texas Attorney General sues Biden administration over federal confidential contraception program

The Title X federal program allows patients to obtain contraceptives confidentially regardless of age, immigration status or income

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Texas sues Biden administration to limit teenage access to birth control

Minors can receive contraception confidentially under Title X in the state with the highest repeat teen birth rate

The Guardian - US

Woman Blocks BF Of 2 Years After Catching Him Messing With Her Pills He Thought Were Birth Control

This woman immediately knew her relationship was over when she caught her boyfriend trying to mess with her birth control. The post Woman Blocks BF Of 2 Years After Catching Him Messing With Her Pills He Thought Were Birth Control first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Texas sues Biden administration over confidential contraception for teens

Federal clinics in Texas are already required to get parental permission to prescribe birth control after a 2022 court ruling.

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“Good Luck Finding A Girl Who Doesn’t Have A Period”: Woman Dumps BF Over Dumb Stance On Periods

A woman turned to the internet for advice after her boyfriend insisted that she change her birth control in order to no longer have a period. The post “Good Luck Finding A Girl Who Doesn’t Have A Period”: Woman Dumps BF Over Dumb Stance On Periods first appeared on Bored…

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More young women are getting sterilized since 'Roe’ was overturned

A recent study found that the rate of women 18 to 30 getting tubal ligations doubled following the Dobbs decision

Fortune

Do hormonal contraceptives increase depression risk? A neuroscientist explains how they affect your mood, for better or worse

More than 85% of women – and more than 300 million people worldwide at any given time – use hormonal contraceptives for at least five years of their life. Although primarily taken for birth control, many people also use hormonal contraceptives to manage a variety of symptoms related to menstruation,…

The Conversation

Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare birds from extinction

Conservationists hope insects carrying ‘birth control’ bacteria can save honeycreeper being wiped out by malaria

The Guardian - UK

London women are falling pregnant on Ozempic — but no one knows if it's safe yet

As women in the UK are hit by the great ‘Ozempic pregnancy scare’ sweeping the US, fertility experts warn of its potential risks

Evening Standard

A threat to contraception remains

The Right to Contraception Act failed to pass, worrying reproductive rights experts about access in the future

Salon

A male birth control gel is one step closer to reality, and that’s worth celebrating

A male equivalent to the female birth control pill has not yet materialized, but a clinical trial shows encouraging results

The Guardian - US

This Experimental Male Birth Control Works Even Better Than Expected

The treatment, known as NES/T, just completed its phase two clinical trial with flying colors.

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GOP's Plan B attack: Blunt force lying

Democrats call out the Trump-levels of lying by forcing Republicans to once again vote against birth control rights

Salon

Republicans kill birth control access

Democrats sought to codify the right to birth control access into law, and put their GOP colleagues on the record

The Independent UK

Democrats back Republicans into a corner and shine light on extremist stances on contraception

Only two Republican senators agreed to bring the Right to Contraception Act to a vote

The Guardian - US

Senate Republicans block bill to recognize legal right to contraception

As expected, Right to Contraception act falls short of garnering the 60 votes Senate Democrats needed to advance the bill

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The uncomfortable truth about male contraceptives – women just can’t trust men

A revolutionary new gel shows promise in lowering sperm counts. But Helen Coffey still can’t envisage a future where we hand over reproductive responsibility to the opposite sex

Inverse

A Brand New Male Birth Control Worked Astonishingly Well In Mice — Are Humans Next?

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a potential new male contraceptive target involving the protein STK33.

Salon

Male birth control is safe and effective

Researchers announced encouraging trial results, bringing male birth control one step closer to approval

Evening Standard

Male birth control gel ‘takes effect sooner than similar contraceptives’ ...Tech & Science Daily podcast

Plus, the full automated transcript of today’s episode

The Independent UK

New male contraceptive is safe, effective and reversible

Study in mice shows that after a period without drug treatment, the test subjects recovered to become fertile again

Salon

Trump can't fix his birth control mess

Trump's attacks on contraception were unrelenting. He even asked the Supreme Court to block women's access

Reason

The War on Birth Control That Wasn't

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