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3 total sentences available.
A non-hormonal birth control capsule that women can insert just before sex. A rape kit that gives victims more agency and streamlines the evidence collection process. An overhauled design for a 150-year-old tool used in postpartum vaginal tearing.
Source: wiktionary
The authors also said they attempted to investigate whether there are differing breast cancer risks between hormonal and nonhormonal IUDs. However, they said too few women in England had been prescribed nonhormonal IUDs to make a reliable comparison.
Source: wiktionary
The most exciting addition to the guidelines — so new it had to be inserted just before publication — is a nonhormonal medication recently approved by the FDA called fezolinetant, which is available by prescription, Shufelt said.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include hormone-free, hormone-free contraception, hormone-independent, nonendocrine, nonhormonal birth control.
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