Cell communication: the usual suspects - One of the greatest mysteries of biology is how we and every other living thing take geometric shape. Modern scientists mostly understand how we have...

Cervical cancer: - A vaccine that glaxo thinks is great - Cervical cancer is invariably caused by the HPV (human papillomavirus) infection. Globally around 470,000 new cases are reported every year, and the...

Pill linked with hiv infection - The oral contraceptive pill may increase the risk of HIV among women, according to findings by two senior doctors at Family Health International in No...

The latest contraceptive pills - New pill on the block - There’s nothing like a new drug to cause amnesia in the medical community. Fresh from the Women’s Health Initiative and other massive studies showing...

The latest contraceptive pills - For every time, there is a season and, for every woman - if drug companies have their say - there is a contraceptive pill. Despite the mountain of evi...

Contraceptive has high cancer risk - Depo-Provera, the long-lasting contraceptive that can be injected, doubles the risk of breast cancer among women who have taken it for less than five...

Contraceptive can cause bone loss - The injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera may cause a loss of bone density. America’s drugs regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has add...

Call for pill over the counter - The contraceptive pill should be available over the counter without the need for a doctor's prescription, according to an editorial in The Lancet (4 S...