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	Contraception Online URL: http://www.contraceptiononline.org/ ODP description: Professional articles, patient education materials, and continuing medical education courses covering birth control methods, recommendations and contraindications, and recent developments in the field. Page title: Contraception Online: Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Info for Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) Professionals --- free CME credit, continuing medical education, online CME course, medical CME conference Page description: Contraception Online provides contraceptive and reproductive health information and research for obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) professionals. Developed by Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, Contraception Online also provides free CME credit (continuing medical education) via an online CME course, downloadable PowerPoint slides, and is the online home of The Contraception Report.
	MedlinePlus: Birth Control URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/birthcontrol.html ODP description: News, overviews, conditions, issues, research, and statistics.
	Contraception.net URL: http://www.contraception.net/ ODP description: Organon International, manufacturer of oral contraceptives, hormonal implants, and vaginal rings, provides information about these and other methods of contraception.
	Contraception factsheet from BUPA URL: http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/Mosby_factsheets/contraception.html ODP description: Concise factsheet explaining effective methods of contraception, from the UK health insurance firm. Covers pills, male and female condoms, injectables, implants, diaphragms and caps, IUDs and intrauterine systems, sterilization, natural methods, and emergency contraception. Page title: Contraception methods - the pill, condoms, diaphragms and caps Page description: All types of contraception can be reliable, but the effectiveness of some methods depends on using them properly - BUPA health factsheet
	Male Contraception Using Testicular Heating URL: http://www.puzzlepiece.org/bcontrol/malebc.html ODP description: Results from the literature and from self-experimentation on the use of testicular heating as a birth control method.
	Contraceptive Guide URL: http://www.mjbovo.com/Contracept/index.htm ODP description: Methods of birth control currently available, with cost, failure rate, correct usage, advantages and disadvantages of each. Page title: Contraceptive Guide: The Most Up-to-Date Guide Available for Birth Control Page description: Methods of birth control currently available, with cost, failure rate, correct usage, advantages, and disadvantages of each
	Contraceptive Research and Development (CONRAD) Program URL: http://www.conrad.org/ ODP description: Objective is development of new or improved contraceptive methods that are safe, effective, acceptable, and suitable for use in the US and developing countries. Page title: Conrad - Developing Results for HIV Protection
	Birth Control Methods URL: http://www.metrokc.gov/health/famplan/birthcontrol/ ODP description: Information to help decide which type of contraception is best for you and your partner. Includes descriptions of different methods and personal anecdotes. From King County, Washington, Health Department. Page title: Birth control
	DrDonnica.com URL: http://www.drdonnica.com/display.asp?article=501 ODP description: Discussed contraceptive choices, benefits and risks of birth control pill and possible connections between birth control and breast cancer. Page title: Birth Control - DrDonnica.com - The First Name in Women's Health, Birth Control - DrDonnica.com - The First Name in Women's Health Page description: Donnica Moore, M.D., provides thorough women's health information. Topics include menopause, hormone replacement therapy, osteoporosis, migraine, headache, birth control, infertility, heart disease, breast cancer, thyroid disease, fibroids, sexuality and wellness.
	Choosing a Contraceptive URL: http://www.gynob.emory.edu/familyplanning/contraception.cfm ODP description: Information on birth control methods, by Dr. Robert Hatcher of Emory University. Page title: Emory Univ :: S.O.M. :: GYN-OB Dept. :: Choosing a Contraceptive Page description: Emory University School of Medicine - GYN-OB Department - Family Planning Division
	Young Womens Health: Contraception and Birth Control URL: http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/contra.html ODP description: Provides information about what it means to be involved in a sexual relationship, sexually transmitted diseases, and how to prevent pregnancy. Page title: Contraception/Birth Control Page description: Providing education, clinical care, research, and health care information for adolescent girls and young women
	Region VIII Family Planning Training URL: http://www.region8familyplanning.org ODP description: A resource intended for Title X and non-Title X family planning providers in PHS Region VIII. (Denver, CO) Page title: Region VIII Family Planning Website
	Allexperts Birth Control URL: http://www.allexperts.com/browse.cgi?catLvl=3&catID=1445 ODP description: Volunteers answer your detailed one-on-one questions about birth control for free. Answers confidential. Page title: Birth Control - Health for Teens - Teens
	Healthlink - Update on Contraception: Traditional, Barrier and Surgical Methods URL: http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1022855064.html ODP description: Overview of several methods of birth control, including abstinence, withdrawal, fertility awareness, male and female condoms, sponge, cervical cap, diaphragm, and sterilization. Page title: Update on Contraception Page description: The choice of birth control depends on a variety of factors, but options are available to suit most lifestyles.
	Sexuality and Contraception When Approaching Menopause URL: http://www.womhealth.org.au/factsheets/sexandcontraception.htm ODP description: Advice for women in pre-menopause about the continuing need for contraception and special concerns they may have in selecting a method to use, from Women's Health Queensland Wide. Page title: Sexuality and contraception when approaching menopause Page description: The phase leading up to menopause can be a time of great change in a woman's life. During this period a woman experiences a number of physical changes and may review how she feels about herself and her body. It is also a time when a woman may wish to re-evaluate her form of contraception due to a lowered risk of pregnancy and possible changes in sexual relationships.
	Birth Control Contraceptives Choices URL: http://womenshealth.about.com/od/birthcontrol/ ODP description: Annotated collection of links to sites about contraception in general and specific contraceptive methods. From About.com. Page title: Birth Control - Birth Control Pill - Birth Control Patch - Birth Control Types - Contraceptive Benefits and Side Effects Page description: Birth control options and information for women. Covers types of birth control such as the birth control pill, the birth control patch, and other contraceptive choices. Includes birth control benefits and side effects, and other birth control information.
	The Whole Truth About Contraception: A Guide to Safe and Effective Choices (1997) URL: http://fermat.nap.edu/catalog/5281.html ODP description: Book-length report covers barrier and hormonal methods, intrauterine devices, surgical sterilization, and other approaches such as the "rhythm" method and breastfeeding as a contraceptive. Issued by National Academy Press. Page title: The Whole Truth About Contraception:
	Family Health International URL: http://www.fhi.org ODP description: FHI works to improve reproductive health around the world by increasing the number of safe, effective, acceptable and affordable contraceptive methods to ensure that women and men achieve their desired number and spacing of children. Page title: FHI Family Health International Page description: FHI is a nonprofit international organization, managing research and field activities in more than 70 countries in the areas of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health, including family planning, to meet the public health needs of some of the world's most vulnerable people.
	SoYouWanna pick a method of birth control? URL: http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/bcontrol/bcontrol.html ODP description: Review of primary methods of birth control. Page title: SoYouWanna pick a method of birth control? \| SoYouWanna.com Page description: SoYouWanna pick a method of birth control? Believe it or not, everything you know about sex may not be right on target. This is especially true when it comes to birth control; a lo...
	CBCA: Birth Control URL: http://www.cbca.ab.ca/Birth%20Control.htm ODP description: A guide to contraceptive methods available in Canada. Page title: Birth Control