A new way to make emergency contraception more effective

A group of researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong (FPAHK), and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has found a way to make the morning-after pill work better. Their study, published in The Lancet, tested a common arthritis painkiller to see if it could help prevent pregnancy more […] The post A new way to make emergency contraception more effective appeared first on Knowridge Science Report.

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New blood cancer drug has a 97% cure rate

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