MIRCETTE BIRTHCONTROL

Caplis claimed birth control “fails at an alarmingly high rate” despite stats showing its efficacy

August 30, 2007

After discussing the recent revelation that Denver Broncos running back Travis Henry “has fathered nine children by nine women,” 630 KHOW-AM co-host Craig Silverman on his August 27 broadcast asked, “Hasn’t anybody heard of birth control?” Echoing recent comments in Colorado media by an anti-abortion activist, co-host Dan Caplis responded, “Well, hey, hasn’t everybody heard that birth control fails at an alarmingly high rate?” Later in The Caplis & Silverman Show broadcast, Caplis repeated the statement, saying that “birth control does fail, and it fails at an alarmingly high rate.” In fact, the three most popular forms of contraception — oral contraceptives, sterilization, and male condoms — have failure rates ranging from 0.15 to 15 percent for the first year of “typical use,” and from 0.1 to 2 percent for the first year of “perfect use,” according to the medical reference book Contraceptive Technology: Nineteenth Revised Edition (Ardent Media, 2007).

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Silverman took issue with Caplis’ first claim, saying, “I don’t think that birth control fails all that often, especially if you take multiple forms of birth control,” and “I’m not buying birth control failure.” But Caplis then simply repeated his earlier remark, stating, “I’m not suggesting that birth control failed in any or all of these instances that … gave rise to the birth of these nine kids, but what I am saying — and it … was a point that’s just never discussed publicly — birth control does fail, and it fails at an alarmingly high rate.”

Caplis did not name any specific forms of birth control, but according to the National Center for Health Statistics’ (NCHS) 2005 report “Fertility, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health of U.S. Women: Data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth ,” the most popular contraceptive methods practiced in the United States among women ages 15 to 44 in 2002 were the pill (19 percent), female sterilization (16.7 percent), male sterilization (5.7 percent), and condoms (11.1 percent). Lesser-used forms of birth control included the injection Depo-Provera (3.3 percent), withdrawal during intercourse (2.5 percent), intra-uterine devices (IUDs) (1.3 percent), periodic abstinence — both “calendar rhythm” and “natural family planning” — (0.9 percent), patches (0.8 percent), and diaphragms (0.2 percent). Another 38.1 percent of women reported either abstaining from sex or not using contraceptives.

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Daily Editor’s Picks: Cosmetic surgery for all, the college birth control squeeze and the continued search for answers to autism.

August 18, 2007

Give me a facelift. . .NOW! * Parents of autistic children wonder, how did this happen? * Little pills, big prices * A rural doctor gets a miracle * Who does meth–and why

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Give me a facelift. . .NOW!

Who is the real face of plastic surgery? (New York Times)

It may be tough to make the rent and the car payment each month, but financial tight spots apparently fail to faze Americans who long for plastic surgery and embrace instant gratification. No longer the domain of the wealthy, even middle-class folks are quite comfortable borrowing for breast augmentation or liposuction.

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Parents of autistic children wonder, how did this happen?

Under Suspicion (Boston Globe)

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Genes and environmental factors may blend to increase the risk of autism. Much of the research so far has been on genetic ties, but scientists are beginning to search for possible environmental triggers beyond the largely debunked link to thimerosal in children’s vaccines. Some studies are asking parents of children with autism detailed questions in the search for clues.

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Little pills, big prices

The high price of campus birth control (Time Magazine)

A federal law that went into effect in January has had the odd impact of causing the price of birth control pills to skyrocket in college campus health centers. Some experts worry students will stop using the most effective methods of birth control.

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A rural doctor gets a miracle

The Doctor’s Office: An unexpected birth upends a doctor’s day (Wall Street Journal)

Doctors in rural areas don’t always have access to most sophisticated treatment. And sometimes the hospital helicopter is grounded. As this story shows, sometimes–with a hope and a prayer–things work out anyway.

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15 minutes with an obstetrician/gynecologist

August 15, 2007

Getting pregnant, being pregnant and trying not to get pregnant can stir up a lot of worries for women and those who love them. A trusted obstetrician/gynecologist, who is trained to deal with women’s health and health during pregnancy, can alleviate fears. Consetta Cheatam, an ob/gyn who practices at St. Mary’s Hospital in Passaic, answers some common questions. Interview by Betsy Querna.

What are my chances of getting pregnant if I don’t use any birth control?

Every individual may vary depend on independent fertility factors but on average 85 percent of women who have sex for a year without contraception will get pregnant, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

What is Plan B and how can I get it?

Plan B is a form of emergency birth control and most effective if taken within 72 hours of having sex to prevent an accidental pregnancy. Plan B is sold over the counter in many pharmacies for women older than 16 or can be obtained via prescription from your doctor.

I don’t like taking the pill or using condoms. What are my other birth control options?

Condoms are the only birth control method providing some protection against sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs. If birth control is the only concern, some options include:

1. Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are a semi-permanent form of birth control and provide seven to 10 years of protection. The failure rate is between 1 and 3 in 1,000 devices.

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2. Diaphragms are latex cups which are placed vaginally and require correct sizing by a health professional. They fail about 20 percent of the time.

3. Cervical caps are a soft cup-shape latex device that fits over the cervix, a part of the vagina. They also require correct sizing by a health professional and fail about 20 percent of the time.

4. Sponges are soft circular polyurethane devices that contains nonoxynol-9, a spermicide. Their failure rate is between 14-28 percent.

5. Spermicides are chemical barriers in the form of foam, cream, jelly, film, suppositories or tablets. Used alone, they can fail up to 50 percent of the time, so are better used with another method.

6. NuvaRing, a ring that fits inside the vagina containing hormonal birth control medication that is absorbed. The failure rate is the same as with oral birth control methods, about 1 to 2 percent of the time.

7. Injections such as Lunelle or Depo-Provera require injection every one to three months, and fail less than 1 percent of the time.

8. Tubal ligation or “having your tubes tied” is a permanent form of birth control requiring the clipping and tying of a woman’s fallopian tubes during surgery. The failure rate is less than 1 percent and varies depending on technique used.

9. A vasectomy is the cutting or burning of the vas deferens, the tube in men that transports the sperm to the fluid, in surgery. It is permanent. The failure rate is less than 1 percent

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Stray-cat birth control not considered viable

August 7, 2007

A co-worker just had a stray cat deliver kittens on her back deck, which got us talking about pet contraceptives. Why is it that nobody has come up with some kind of food you could feed to stray cats that would make them unable to conceive? I think I’ve heard of this used to control raccoon populations.
— P.P., Green, Ohio

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A You’re thinking of the rabies-vaccine-laced raccoon bait, said Ken McCort, an animal behavior consultant in Doylestown, Ohio.
“The problem with cats is they come in heat at least once a month from late spring to late fall, and there’s no slow-release chemical that would do that. It’s not like it can’t be developed, but the drug companies will not think it’s viable to do it.”
Ideally, strays should be altered, but if that’s not possible, at least neuter the males, he said. They still would mate with the females, but the females wouldn’t have kittens.

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The Most Eagerly Anticipated Hollywood Blockbuster of the Year: Birth Control for Pigeons

August 2, 2007

Along with cockroaches, pigeons — known by the kind-hearted as rock doves, and by normal folks as rats with wings — have flourished in urban environments, outwitting efforts at eradication with beady-eyed equanimity.

But they may finally have met their match in Hollywood, where residents frustrated at an “unmanageable” poop problem have arrived at an ingenious solution: spiking pigeon feeders with contraceptives.

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The birth control product, called OvoControl P, contains a chemical called nicarbazin which keps pigeon eggs from hatching. It’s even met with the approval of PETA and the Humane Society, who figure contraception is kinder than electrocution or poison.

The group leading the initiative, the Argyle Civic Association, say theirs the first such program in the nation. Other communities are no doubt waiting with bated breath to see what happens. It could be the best thing to come out of Hollywood in years.

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