Preventive Medicine

Novel contraceptive antimicrobial agent can prevent pregnancy, STDs

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 13th, 2002

by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel topical antimicrobial and contraceptive agent can protect againist unwanted pregancies and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection, researchers in the United States report.

"The spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and limited methods for control of pregnancies presents high risks to the reproductive health of women," according to Dr. Robert A. Anderson and colleagues at Rush Medical Center and the University of Illinois in Chicago, Southern Illinois University in Springfield, Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, and the Contraceptive...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-06-13)

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