Articles Tagged: the pill

Should 13-year-olds be given the pill?

By Glynis Kozma, May 3, 2012

How would you feel if your 13-year-old daughter was to pop into your local pharmacy and ask for the pill and be given it? And you would never know, of course.

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Male pill: New contraceptive for men just a few years away

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jun 6, 2011

PA Scientists at Columbia University in New York have created a contraceptive pill for men with no side effects, which ...

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Abortion: Shock figures show rise in second terminations

By Kelly Rose Bradford, May 25, 2011

Alamy Department of Health figures have revealed a rise in second abortions amongst women under 25. More than ...

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Contraceptive Pill makes women 'brainier'

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Aug 18, 2010

Women who take the contraceptive pill have bigger brains than their pill-free counterparts, a study has found. ...

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New figures show 1,000 girls on the Pill by the age of 12

By Katy Holland, Aug 2, 2010

Doctors are prescribing the oral contraceptive to increasing numbers of girls aged just 11 and 12, new figures reveal. ...

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