FACTS in Phoenix: STFM Conference and the most recent Speaker Training
FACTS members spent the last week working hard in Phoenix; exhibiting with the FMEC, giving research presentations, training new speakers in our Phoenix Speaker program and connecting interested members. Read through for a more detailed update...
Are FABMs effective, even during a Zika outbreak?
by Alison Contreras, PhD and Marguerite Duane, MD, MHA By now almost everyone has heard about Zika, the mosquito borne virus that is linked to microcephaly, a birth defect in which the baby develops a smaller than normal head. First discovered...
The importance of screening and monitoring: the Standard Days Method and cycle regularity
This post is a synopsis of the research presented in the article published in Contraception by Sinai and Arevalo. It is a post in a series entitled Featured Research where we go back and break down some of the foundational research about different...
Effective ways to avoid pregnancy: An introduction to fertility awareness-based methods of family planning
This post is a brief synopsis of the article published in Osteopathic Family Physician by Manhart et al. It's also the first post in a series we're calling Featured Research, where we revisit a foundational research article in the field of fertility awareness. If...
A letter to healthcare professionals
by Amylynn Smith In the Spring of 2011, after numerous blood tests and countless doctors visits, my nurse practitioner looked at me and said, “I don’t know why you aren’t getting your period. I know you may not want to take birth control pills again but at...
Start charting your menstrual cycles, ACOG recommends
by Alison Contreras, PhD, FCP In a new statement endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics last week, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommended that young girls and adolescents start following signs of their fertility...
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