Peer-reviewed journal articles published within the last six months are listed here, linked from relevant news stories when appropriate. To learn more on how to best read and interpret the findings from clinical research, see In Brief: Interpreting Research Studies from the Guttmacher Institute.
Berenson A, and Rahman M. Changes in weight, total fat, percent body fat, and central-to-peripheral fat ratio associated with injectable and oral contraceptive use. American Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology. 2009 March; 200(3):329e.1 - 329e.8.
Bernier MO, Mikaeloff Y, Hudson M, et al. Combined oral contraceptive use and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus . Arthritis Care Research. 2009 Mar 30; 61(4): 476-481.
Blanc AK, Tsui AO, Croft TN, et al. Patterns and Trends in Adolescents' Contraceptive Use and Discontinuation in Developing Countries and Comparisons With Adult Women. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 2009 Jun.
Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies of Ovarian Cancer. Ovarian cancer and oral contraceptives: collaborative reanalysis of data from 45 epidemiological studies including 23 - 257 women with ovarian cancer and 87 303 controls. The Lancet. 2008 Jan 26. 371:303-314.
Cremer M, Holland E, Adams B, et al. Adolescent Comprehension of Emergency Contraception in New York City. Obstetrics Gynecology. 2009 April; 113(4): 840-844.
Cromer BA , Bonny AE , Stager M, et al. Bone mineral density in adolescent females using injectable or oral contraceptives: a 24-month prospective study. Fertility and Sterility. 2008 Dec; 90(6): 2060-2067.
Dawson SJ, Price MA, Jenkins MA, et al. Cancer risk management practices of noncarriers within BRCA1/2 mutation positive families in the Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jan 10;26(2):225-32.
Drey E, Reeves M, Ogawa D, et al. Insertion of intrauterine contraceptives immediately following first- and second-trimester abortions. Contraception. 2009 May; 79(5):397-402. 
Foster D, Rostovtseva D, Brindis C, et al. Cost Savings From the Provision of Specific Methods of Contraception in a Publicly Funded Program. American Journal of Public Health. 2009 March; 99(3):446-451
Garcia M and Fisher WA. Obstetrics and Gynaecology Residents' Self-Rated Knowledge, Motivation, Skill, and Practice Patterns in Counselling for Contraception, STI Prevention, Sexual Dysfunction, and Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Coercion. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2008 Jan;30(1):59-66.
Grigoryan OR, et al. Use of the NuvaRing(R) hormone-releasing system in late reproductive-age women with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Gynecol Endocrinol. 2008 Feb;24(2):99-104.
Hansen M, Miller BF, Holm L, et al. Effect of administration of oral contraceptives in vivo on collagen synthesis in tendon and muscle connective tissue in young women. J Appl Physiol. 2009 Mar; 106(4): 1453-1458
Harper CC, Blum M, Thiel de Bocanegra H, et al. Challenges in Translating Evidence to Practice. Obstet Gynecol. 2008;111:1359-1369.
Hubacher D, Chen P, Park S. Side effects from the copper IUD: do they decrease over time? Contraception. 2009 May; 79(5):356-362.
Jones R, Fennell J, Higgins J, et al. Better than nothing or savvy risk-reduction practice? The importance of withdrawal. Contraception. 2009 June; 79(6):407-410.
Kaunitz AM. Clinical practice. Hormonal Contraception in Women of Older Reproductive Age. N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 20;358(12):1262-70.
Lizarelli PM, Martins WP, Vieira CS, et al. Both a combined oral contraceptive and depot medroxyprogesterone acetate impair endothelial function in young women. Contraception. 2009 Jan; 79(1): 35-40.
Mauck C, Weaver M, Schwartz J, et al. Critical next steps for female condom research — report from a workshop. Contraception. 2009 May; 79(5):339-344.
Nearns J. Health insurance coverage and prescription contraceptive use among young women at risk for unintended pregnancy. Contraception. 2009 Feb; 79(2): 105-110.
Proudfoot S, Wellings K, Glasier A. Analysis why nulliparous women over age 33 wish to use contraception. Contraception. 2009 Feb; 79(2): 98-104. 199-205.
Ramchandran D, Salem RM. New Findings on Contraceptives, Population Reports. Series M, No. 20. Baltimore, INFO Project, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, June 2008.
Raymond EG, L’Engle KL, Tolley EE, et al. Comprehension of a prototype emergency contraception package label by female adolescents. Contraception. 2009 March; 79(3).
Santelli J, Orr M, Lindberg L, Diaza D. Changing Behavioral Risk for Pregnancy Among High School Students in the United States, 1991–2007. J Adolesc Health. 2009 July; 45(1):25-32.
Schwarz EB, Kavanaugh M, Douglas E, et al. Interest in Intrauterine Contraception Among Seekers of Emergency Contraception and Pregnancy Testing. Obstetrics Gynecology. 2009 April; 113(4): 833-839.
Segebladh B, Borgström A, Odlind V, et al. Prevalence of psychiatric disorders and premenstrual dysphoric symptoms in patients with experience of adverse mood during treatment with combined oral contraceptives. Contraception. 2009 Jan; 79(1): 50-55.
Sheng J, Zhang WY, Zhang JP, et al. The LNG-IUS study on adenomyosis: a 3-year follow-up study on the efficacy and side effects of the use of levonorgestrel intrauterine system for the treatment of dysmenorrhea associated with adenomyosis. Contraception. 2009 March; 79(3): 189-193.
Shufelt CL and Bairey Merz N. Contraceptive Hormone Use and Cardiovascular Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2009; 53: 221-231.
Trussell J, Bimla Schwarz E, Guthrie K. Obesity and oral contraceptive pill failure.Contraception. 2009 May; 79(5):334-338.
Trussell T, Lalla AM, Doan QV, et al. Cost effectiveness of contraceptives in the United States. Contraception. 2009 Jan; 79(1): 5-14.
Uras R, Orrù M, Etzi R, et al. Evidence that in healthy young women, a six-cycle treatment with oral contraceptive containing 30 mcg of ethinylestradiol plus 2 mg of chlormadinone acetate reduces fat mass. Contraception. 2009 Feb; 79(2): 117-121.
Walch K, Unfried G, Huber J, et al. Implanon® versus medroxyprogesterone acetate: effects on pain scores in patients with symptomatic endometriosis — a pilot study. Contraception. 2009 Jan; 79(1): 29-34.
Weaver MA, Raymond EG, Baecher L. Attitude and Behavior Effects in a Randomized Trial of Increased Access to Emergency Contraception. Obstetrics Gynecology. 2009 Jan; 113(1): 107-116.
Westhoff C, Jones K, Robilotto C, et al. Smoking and oral contraceptive continuation. Contraception. 2009 May; 79(5):375-378.
Wiebe ER, Trussell J. Contraceptive failure related to estimated cycle day of conception relative to the start of the last bleeding episode. Contraception. 2009 March; 79(3): 178-181.
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