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.
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.
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.
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.
Harper CC, Blum M, Thiel de Bocanegra H, et al. Challenges in Translating Evidence to Practice. Obstet Gynecol. 2008;111:1359-1369.
Kaunitz AM. Clinical practice. Hormonal Contraception in Women of Older Reproductive Age. N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 20;358(12):1262-70.
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.
Santelli J, Sandfort T, Orr M. Transnational comparisons of adolescent contraceptive use: what can we learn from these comparisons? Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Jan;162(1):92-4.
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