Birth Control
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- About Birth Control: What You Need to Know
- Page http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/contraception/contraception.html
- Articles cover the basics of birth control.
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- Birth Control Contraceptives Choices
- Page http://womenshealth.about.com/od/birthcontrol/
- Annotated collection of links to sites about contraception in general and specific contraceptive methods. From About.com.
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- Birth Control Methods
- Page http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/famplan/birthcontrol.aspx
- Information to help decide which type of contraception is best for you and your partner. Includes descriptions of different methods and personal anecdotes. From King County, Washington, Health Department.
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- Choosing a Birth Control Method
- Page http://www.arhp.org/Publications-and-Resources/Patient-Resources/Interactive-Tools/Choosing-a-Birth-Control-Method
- Interactive online questionnaire, supported by information about contraceptive methods, guides women or men through the decision process. From Association of Reproductive Health Professionals.
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- Contraceptive Research and Development (CONRAD) Program
- Page http://www.conrad.org/
- Objective is development of new or improved contraceptive methods that are safe, effective, acceptable, and suitable for use in the US and developing countries.
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- Feminist Women's Health Center
- Page http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/index.htm
- Complete descriptions of every method of birth control available in the USA, birth control comparison chart. How a woman's menstrual cycle works and when she is most likely to get pregnant.
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- Male Contraception Using Testicular Heating
- Page http://www.puzzlepiece.org/bcontrol/malebc.html
- Results from the literature and from self-experimentation on the use of testicular heating as a birth control method.
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- MedlinePlus: Birth Control
- Page http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/birthcontrol.html
- News, overviews, conditions, issues, research, and statistics.
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- Region VIII Family Planning Training
- Page http://www.region8familyplanning.org/
- A resource intended for Title X and non-Title X family planning providers in PHS Region VIII. (Denver, CO)
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- Various Methods of Birth Control
- Page http://www.angelfire.com/tn/talbot/birthcontrol.html
- A personally maintained site that explores virtually all methods of contraception and their pros and cons. Includes reports of personal experiences.
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- Young Women's Health: Contraception and Birth Control
- Page http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/contra.html
- Information for teens covers different contraceptive methods, abstinence, and "mythical methods of birth control." Center for Young Women's Health, Children's Hospital Boston.
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- Back Up Your Birth Control
- Page http://www.backupyourbirthcontrol.org/
- Promotional information about options for preventing unintended pregnancy with emergency contraception medications available in the U.S. Recommends keeping EC in your medicine cabinet, just in case.
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- Consortium for Emergency Contraception
- Page http://www.cecinfo.org/
- International consortium promoting availability of emergency contraception. Includes comparison chart on pill formulations and other health education and information materials for use in implementing new EC programs, particularly in developing countries.
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- Emergency Contraception
- Page http://ec.princeton.edu/
- Information about emergency contraception derived from the medical literature and a directory of clinicians willing to provide emergency contraceptives in your area. Maintained by Office of Population Research at Princeton University.
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- Emergency Contraception
- Page http://www.fpq.com.au/publications/fsBrochures/Fs_Emergency_for_hp.php
- Information for health professionals in Australia, from Family Planning Queensland. Describes the use of oral steroids and copper-bearing IUDs for postcoital contraception.
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- Billings Life
- Page http://www.woomb.org/
- Covers the Billings Ovulation Method of natural family planning, research papers and teaching material, identifies teaching locations other countries.
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- Billings Ovulation Method Association
- Page http://www.boma-usa.org/
- Information about this method and access to instructors who assist couples achieve future conception.
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- Fertility Awareness Center
- Page http://www.fertaware.com/
- Non-profit group providing information on the method and steps to learn fertility awareness from a non-religious perspective.