Contraception

Experts Highlight Latest Developments at Conference

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 6th, 1996

Women often are more aware of the problems than the benefits of various methods of contraception. As a result, some methods tend to be poorly utilized and others tend to be avoided unnecessarily, experts conclude.

Results of this research were presented at the Annual Clinical Meeting of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), held April 29 - May 1, 1996, in Denver, Colorado.

"We can't afford to underestimate the effectiveness of birth control and overestimate its risks," said Luella Klein, M.D., Director of ACOG's Department of Women's Health Issues, at a Contraceptive Update news briefing, "not when half of all U.S....

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