What a pill. Traditional morning-after medication could actually be ineffective for millions of American women, an expert is warning. Doctor Charis Chambers, who goes by The Period Doctor online, shared that people often ask at what weight the morning-after pill stops working. Chambers revealed in a TikTok video that levonorgestrel morning-after pills — commonly sold … Read more
Guidelines for using an antibiotic morning-after pill to curb sexually transmitted infections are on the horizon, as US health officials plan to endorse the proposed regulations. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released proposed guidelines for the use of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis to decrease bacterial infections, like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, … Read more
A cheap antibiotic could help slow the growing US epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, researchers say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is drafting recommendations to consume doxycycline — used to treat bacterial infections and prevent malaria — to stave off STDs, said Dr. Leandro Mena, director of the agency’s STD prevention division. The … Read more