New Emergency Contraceptive Prevents Pregnancy Up To Five Days, Study Finds

A study published Friday in the British medical journal Lancet found that a new type of emergency contraception, ulipristal acetate, appears to be more effective for a longer time than the most widely used form of EC, levonorgestrel, the AP/USA Today reports. The new EC pill — available by prescription in Europe under the brand name ellaOne — prevented pregnancy for up to five days in the study…

Merck's Gardasil Effective At Preventing HPV, Cervical Disease In Older Women, Study Finds

Merck’s human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, was 90% effective in preventing infection with the virus and cervical disease in women ages 24 to 45, according to a study published Monday in the medical journal Lancet,