Today’s Dreams, Tomorrow’s Reality? Contraceptives that Reliably Eliminate Menses
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Menarche—the onset of menstruation—is a rite of passage for young girls everywhere. In many cultures, this milestone of womanhood comes...
- Jun 29, 2017
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Method Choice – What’s Your Brain Got to Do with it?
Ever meet a contraceptive method you didn’t like? Yep, me too. There are a lot of choices out there – some you’ve likely heard about...
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- Jun 22, 2017
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Ready, Set, Design! Powering Social Media for Contraception
What happens when you bring together reproductive health gurus, human-centered design enthusiasts, and young people and challenge them to...
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- Jun 22, 2017
- 3 min
Acceptability: Moving from Tolerable to Desirable
I’ve heard contraceptive choice described as a choice of the most tolerable – or least objectionable – method. Why is that good enough?...
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- Dec 12, 2016
- 4 min
Male Hormonal Contraception: An Informed Step Forward
The future of male contraception has been big news recently, not only here on the CTI Exchange blog, but across the global news media...
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- Dec 2, 2016
- 3 min
Safe, Secretive, and Nonsurgical: Designing the Future of Male Contraception
If you could design a future male contraceptive method, what would it be? How would it work? And what would it look like? What kind of ...
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- Sep 29, 2016
- 3 min
A Sperm’s 88-Day Journey: Expanding Opportunities for Male Contraceptive Research
Why is it that so much more emphasis and so many more resources are invested in developing contraceptives for women and not men? True, ...
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- Sep 7, 2016
- 1 min
Engaging Males in Family Planning – Disrupting the Status Quo
In 2012, global family planning advocates set a lofty goal...the FP2020 initiative seeks to engage new partners in order to meet its goal...
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- Jul 29, 2016
- 4 min
Making New Male Contraceptives a Reality
Increasing numbers of men and women want new male options as part of their contraceptive method mix. While this demand could open new...
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- Jul 20, 2016
- 3 min
Genetic and Small Molecule Advances Bode Well for Male Contraceptive Development
New research in hormonal contraception has led to current clinical trials in men: however, as in women, hormones can have adverse effects...
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- Jul 12, 2016
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New Male Contraceptives: What’s in the Near-term Pipeline?
Developing a male contraceptive is a formidable challenge. Nonetheless, several groups are up to the task, researching novel methods...
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- Jul 5, 2016
- 3 min
It Takes Two: How Men Fit into Expanding the FP Method Mix
The term "family planning" is synonymous with women's health... one might argue that men deserve a contraceptive revolution of their own...
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