30-day wait before tubal sterilization is unjust, say experts
Current U.S. health policy requires Medicaid beneficiaries to wait 30 days before tubal sterilization. Ob/gyn experts argue that this violates health care justice as elective tubal sterilization is readily available to women with a private source of payment. They urge obstetricians to advocate for change to eliminate health care injustice in women’s access to elective tubal sterilization. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 8, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

30-day wait before tubal sterilization is unjust, say Ob/GYN experts
(Elsevier Health Sciences) Current US health policy requires Medicaid beneficiaries to wait 30 days before tubal sterilization. Ob/gyn experts argue that this violates health care justice as elective tubal sterilization is readily available to women with a private source of payment. Writing in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, they urge obstetricians to advocate for change to eliminate health care injustice in women's access to elective tubal sterilization. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 7, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Thirty-day wait before tubal sterilization is unjust, say ob/gyn experts
(Elsevier Health Sciences) Current US health policy requires Medicaid beneficiaries to wait 30 days before tubal sterilization. Ob/gyn experts argue that this violates health care justice as elective tubal sterilization is readily available to women with a private source of payment. Writing in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, they urge obstetricians to advocate for change to eliminate health care injustice in women's access to elective tubal sterilization. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 7, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

U.S. bishops take aim at sterilization
A toughening of Catholic medical directives could include enforcing a ban on tubal ligations. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, shown in New Orleans in June, voted in November to tighten its rules on partnerships and collaborations between Catholic and non-Catholic health care providers. (Gerald Herbert/AP Photo) by Nina Martin, ProPublica ProPublicaNews Wellread more (Source: Mass Device)
Source: Mass Device - January 5, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Source Type: news

The Pill Remains Most Common Method of Birth Control, U.S. Report Shows
But long-acting IUDs are gaining in popularity, experts noteSource: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Birth Control, Tubal Ligation, Women's Health (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - December 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

No Scalpel, No Needle And Virtually Painless Vasectomy
Dr. Monteith is the first provider of Gentle Touch Vasectomy. This is a no scalpel form of vasectomy that does not require a needle or a scalpel and can be completed in less than 15 minutes. This is an open ended technique that has been shown to result in the least amount of pain and lowest complications of any form of vasectomy which currently exists. (Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News)
Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News - September 13, 2014 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: news

Vasectomy and Vasectomy Reversal
Dr. Monteith is pleased to announce the addition of vasectomy and vasectomy reversal as services offered at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. Dr. Monteith has performed over 500 vasectomies since 2006. In 2014 he relocated the practice to Raleigh North Carolina. Starting September 11th 2014, Dr. Monteith will begin offering no-scalpel vasectomy and mini incision vasectomy reversal to male patients. (Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News)
Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News - September 5, 2014 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: news

Best Place To Have A Vasectomy? Raleigh, North Carolina
Dr. Monteith of A Personal Choice is proud to be the only provider of Gentle Touch Vasectomy in the Carolinas.This is vasectomy that is done without a scalpel, without a needle, and with an open ended technique. Dr. Monteith's goal in offering vasectomy is to reduce barriers and make it easier for men to control their fertility. He is the only provider offering No-needle vasectomy, single visit vasectomy appointments, and the option to return semen samples after vasectomy by mail. (Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News)
Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News - September 4, 2014 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: news

California lawmakers pass bill banning inmate sterilizations
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - California lawmakers sent a bill to ban sterilization surgeries on inmates in California prisons to Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday, after media reports and a later audit showed officials failed to follow the state's rules for obtaining consent for the procedure known as tubal ligation from incarcerated women. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

One Woman’s Struggle to Find the Right Contraceptive
Because men wield power in decisions around pregnancy, family planning services should include them. Couple-centred family planning services are sorely needed in Africa. Credit: Mercedes Sayagues/IPSBy Miriam GathigahNAIROBI, Aug 14 2014 (IPS) Beatrice Njeri had just come home from her job as a janitor at a primary school in Nairobi. It was August 2009. Arriving home earlier than usual, the married mother of two found her husband waiting for her in their shanty at Kisumu Ndogo, in the sprawling Kibera slums. He had just discovered he was HIV positive. A week later, she too tested positive. Both were 29 years old at the tim...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Miriam Gathigah Tags: Africa Countdown to ZERO Development & Aid Featured Gender Headlines Health Population Projects Regional Categories Women's Health Contraception Family Planning HIV/AIDS Kenya Source Type: news

Can You Have Symptoms After Tubal Ligation?
Most women who have their tubes tied will not have any problems. Some women will get a tubal ligation and have tubal ligation problems and side-effects. The symptoms many women experience are varied and include; menstrual pattern changes, painful periods, hot flashes, irritability, mood swings, insomnia, and decreased sex drive. We encourage patients to be evaluated by their local physicians and if no immediately identifiable are revealed then patients should consider tubal repair surgery. If pregnancy is desired then tubal surgery can be even more beneficial. Give the reversal experts a call today at (919)968-4656 and the...
Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News - June 26, 2014 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: news

Kenya: Tubal Ligation Is a Choice - Women
[The Star]Getting your tubes tied as a birth control method is a personal choice. A number of women we spoke to say that they would undergo the procedure if they do not intend to have more children. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 17, 2014 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Cannabis and sunshine may damage sperm quality
ConclusionThis study has found that the shape of sperm is less likely to be normal when samples are provided in summer and if cannabis has been consumed in the previous three months. It has also found that normal-shaped sperm are more likely to be produced after six days of abstinence. It did not find any other links between lifestyle factors and sperm shape.The results of this study alone do not show that lifestyle factors other than cannabis are harmless. Male fertility is not just determined by the shape of the sperm; it is also dependent on the concentration, motility and viability of the sperm, as well as the quality ...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 5, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics/stem cells Lifestyle/exercise Cancer Source Type: news

Featured in NEJM Journal Watch: Rethinking the Tubal Ligation Consent Procedure for Federally Insured Women (FREE)
By the NEJM Journal Watch Editors Requiring 30-day … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - June 2, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news