Birth control technologies: success, side effects, and treating side effects

Editor:

Donna Shoupe: University of Southern California, USA

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 31 January 2024

Contraception and Reproductive Medicine is calling for submissions to our collection on Birth control technologies: success, side effects, and treating side effects. Concept of contraception has significantly changed over the past years decreasing maternal morbidity. However, despite their success, the side effects of hormonal contraceptives including but not limiting to thrombotic risk and androgenic effects have raised concerns over time. This article collection will encourage manuscripts aimed at different birth control technologies, novel approaches, their side effects and the consecutive treatments.

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3.

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Contraception and Reproductive Medicine is calling for submissions to our collection on Birth control technologies: success, side effects, and treating side effects. Concept of contraception has significantly changed over the past years decreasing maternal morbidity. Newer products and combinations of hormonal contraceptive are widely being used for controlling birth. However, despite their success, the side effects of hormonal contraceptives including but not limiting to thrombotic risk and androgenic effects have raised concerns over time. Recent advancements have introduced the use of natural compounds as contraceptive applications to combat these adverse effects. Although, the suitability of contraceptives among different users and the newer safe choices are limited. This article collection will encourage manuscripts aimed at different birth control technologies, novel approaches, their side effects and the consecutive treatments.

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This Collection welcomes submission of Research Articles, Data Notes, Case Reports, Study Protocols, and Database Articles. Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Birth control technologies: success, side effects, and treating side effects" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editor has no competing interests with the submissions which she handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editor have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.