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Is Ectopic Pregnancy The Same as a Miscarriage?

July 20, 2021
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Miscarriage, Quick Facts, What to Expect
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Posted by Kelly Wilcox

Miscarriages are a sad and common reality for millions of women. Ectopic pregnancies are much rarer but are life-threatening to the baby and mother. For this reason, an ectopic pregnancy almost always involves ending the baby’s life because of its inability to survive and the threat the condition has on the mother. Are there other similarities between ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages? How are they …

What Is the Age of Viability?

December 2, 2020
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Quick Facts
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Posted by Kelly Wilcox

Did you know that the youngest surviving premature baby was born at 21 weeks gestation? Gestation is the term for the amount of time in pregnancy since the first day of the last period. While it is rare for a baby to survive outside the womb before around 24 weeks gestation, it does happen. The age of viability is relevant to discussions around abortion …

QUICK FACTS: Birth Control Risks and Long Term Health

April 8, 2020
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Quick Facts
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Posted by admin-clinic

QUICK FACTS: Birth Control Risks and Long Term Health Birth control methods have become commonplace and there are many more methods available today than the traditional “pill” and condom that have been around for decades. It’s easy to get confused with so many, so what are they and what are the risks to women’s long term health? Depending on the type of birth control …

Quick Facts: Plan B (“Morning After”) Pill

January 15, 2020
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Quick Facts
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Posted by admin-clinic

Quick Facts: Plan B (“Morning After”) Pill // Works by delaying or preventing the release of an egg from the ovary Is NOT the same as the abortion pill (RU 486) Is NOT meant to be used as a regular birth control method Will NOT protect against sexually transmitted disease (STD) If it has been more than 24 hours after unprotected intercourse it may …

QUICK FACTS: Ovulation

June 19, 2019
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Pregnancy, Quick Facts
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Posted by admin-clinic

Ovulation is the brief time in a woman’s menstrual cycle in which she can get pregnant. Each month an ovary will release an egg for possible fertilization. Generally ovulation happens about two weeks after your period, but it can vary. If you have sex during this time and sperm from your partner finds that egg, it can fertilize the egg and pregnancy begins. …

Quick Facts: Gonorrhea

April 10, 2019
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Quick Facts, STDs
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Posted by admin-clinic

QUICK FACTS: Gonorrhea  Gonorrhea is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection and is curable with treatment but can have long term effects on your health including sterility and death. It affects over 700,000 people per year. If you are sexually active in any way, you are at risk. Transmission: or how it is spread.Through bodily fluid secretions, unprotected vaginal sex, anal sex or oral sex. An …

Quick Facts: Chlamydia

April 3, 2019
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Quick Facts, STDs
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Posted by admin-clinic

QUICK FACTS: CHLAMYDIA Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection (sometimes called disease) that is bacterial and is curable with treatment but can have long term effects on your health. It affects over 2.8 million people per year. If you are sexually active in any way you are at risk. Transmission: or how it is spread. Through bodily fluid secretions, unprotected sex and can be spread …

STI’s: Quick Facts – What You Need To Know!

November 13, 2018
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Quick Facts, STDs
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Posted by admin-clinic

QUICK FACTS:   Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) or Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs) Anyone who is sexually active can contract an STI/STD. Birth control pills do not protect against STIs. Two most common kinds of STI/STD:   Chlamydia, Gonorrhea Others include: Syphilis, HIV, Hepatitis A, B and C STIs are transmitted by person to person contact through blood, semen, or vaginal fluids. Symptoms can vary and …

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