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Vaginal Ring Stops Ovulation.(NuvaRing)

Women's Health Weekly

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2001 JUN 28 - (NewsRx Network) - Researchers in The Netherlands have reported the successful trial of a vaginal ring for contraception.

The device contains hormones used in other contraceptives, but a ring inserted into the vagina for three weeks of each menstrual cycle delivers them in this study.

The contraceptives are designed to stop ovulation. For ovulation to occur, a women's ovarian follicles must increase in size before they release the egg. To track the effect of the ring, researchers measured the size of the follicles. If no follicles were increasing in size, then the medicines in the ring were ...

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