Hormonal and nonhormonal birth control during breastfeeding

Cochrane: Birth control for women who are breastfeeding is important worldwide. Delaying the next pregnancy improves the health of women and children. Each year, millions of women decide whether to use birth control after having a baby. The decision includes the birth control type and when to start using it.

Religion and support for birth control health coverage can mix

Ann Arbor: Study explores how religion affects women’s attitudes toward reproductive health policies like contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act. New research debunks the assumption that a woman’s religion predicts her views on policies affecting reproductive health care such as insurance coverage for birth control.

Contraceptive Counseling at Dermatologist’s Office Improves Knowledge of Effectiveness For Women Taking Acne Drug

Pittsburgh University. US:  Providing women who take a powerful acne drug with a fact sheet about contraception while visiting the dermatologist can significantly improve their awareness of the most effective birth control options and may prevent unintended pregnancies and birth defects that can be caused by the drug, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study published Feb. 4 in the journal JAMA Dermatology.

Study links birth control shot to moderately increased risk of HIV infection

Berkeley University. US: A large meta-analysis of 12 studies in sub-Saharan Africa found that women who used a type of injectable birth control had a moderately increased risk of becoming infected with HIV.