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Birth-control breakthrough: get the scoop on the world's first pregnancy-preventing patch. (Cosmo Gyno).(Brief Article)
You've already heard of medicated skin patches that nix nicotine addiction. Now, the same transdermal technology can help stop pregnancy. Called Ortho Evra, the first birth-control patch resembles a matchbook-size adhesive bandage that's worn on your upper arm, back, abdomen, or buttocks. Like the Pill, it delivers estrogen and progestin into the bloodstream (in this case, via the skin), is 99 percent effective at thwarting baby-making, and costs ...
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