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Women with BRCA should have ovaries removed sooner to prevent cancer

Women who carry a BRCA genetic mutation have a significantly reduced chance of developing ovarian cancer if they opt to have their ovaries and fallopian tubes preventively removed.


 
FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, file photo, a tablet of flibanserin sits on a brochure for Sprout Pharmaceuticals in the company's Raleigh, N.C., headquarters. Sprout Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, that the Food and Drug Administration wants to see more data on how the company's drug, flibanserin, interacts with other medications and how it affects driving ability. Nearly 10 percent of women studied in company trials reported sleepiness while taking the daily pill. (AP Photo

FDA requests 3 new studies on pill aimed at boosting female sex drive

A drugmaker working to develop a pill to boost sexual desire in women says regulators are demanding more studies on the experimental drug.


 
Boxes of Norlevo emergency contraceptive are sold in a pharmacy, west of Paris, Tuesday Nov. 26, 2013. Health Canada says it is studying the effectiveness of the so-called "morning after" contraceptive pills in the wake of news they don't as well in larger women. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Remy de la Mauviniere

Health Canada studying 'morning-after pill'

TORONTO - Health Canada says it is studying the effectiveness of the so-called "morning after" contraceptive pills in the wake of news they aren't as effective in larger women.


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Brits having less sex than 2 decades ago but more types, women more experimental

When it comes to the bedroom, the British may be getting less busy, but more creative. According to results from the latest national sex survey, Britons are having sex less often - but the kinds of sex...


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Student sex: Who’s having it, who’s not, and are they using protection?

A new national sex survey finds that a quarter of Canadian university students aren’t getting any. Not now, not ever. Twenty-seven per cent of college males and 23 per cent of college females have...


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Fertility clinic

Donor eggs increasingly used for pregnancy

U.S. women are increasingly using donated eggs to get pregnant, with often good results, although the ideal outcome — a single baby born on time at a healthy weight — is still uncommon, a ...


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An embryologist fertilizes an embryo at Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York, in New York, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Fertility clinics have put a new twist on how to make babies: A "two-mom" approach that lets female same-sex couples share the biological role. One woman's eggs are mixed in a lab dish with donor sperm, then implanted in the other woman who carries the pregnancy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fertility clinics aiding same-sex couples

Fertility clinics have put a new twist on how to make babies: A "two-mom" approach that lets female same-sex couples share the biological role. One woman's eggs are mixed in a lab dish with donor sperm...


 
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