contraceptive
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Some antibiotics, contraceptive pills and other prescription medicines can have the opposite effect, allowing caffeine to stay trapped in the body for longer and prolonging the effects.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
My smart ring captures nightly skin-temperature data for Natural Cycles, an FDA-cleared digital contraceptive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Established in 1970 under the Public Health Service Act, the Title X program has traditionally aimed to provide access to affordable services, including contraceptive methods, pregnancy testing, options counseling, and sexually transmitted infection testing.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
Organon is best known for its Nexplanon contraceptive implant, but also offers fertility treatments and an expanding pipeline of biosimilars, Food and Drug Administration-approved versions of existing drugs.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
Ritual and ethical absention and the use of contraceptive drugs seem to have played the major part in maintaining this stability.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The teen birthrate fell 7% last year, extending a yearslong decline related to public-health campaigns and growing use of longer-acting contraceptives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Medicines eligible for refill include statins for high cholesterol, blood-pressure medications and contraceptives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
She was given various contraceptives to ease the pain but they did not help.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Faye wants education about the condition in schools for both boys and girls, and for doctors to do more than issue contraceptives.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
—Gethenians tend to have their children young; most of them, after the age of twenty-four or so, use contraceptives, and they cease to be fertile in the female phase at about forty.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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