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Bowman says she advises students that their choices are abstinence, the condom or the condom with vaginal spermicides, the diaphragm, the pill or depo-provera, a hormone administered by injection...
...industrial average went over 3700 for the first time ever, bearing with it the yields on many stock and bond funds. The average aggressive-growth fund has risen 29% in the past 12 months. Corporate-bond funds gained 13% overall. Commercial banks, fully aware how anemic their certificate-of-depo sit rates look in comparison, are actively luring customers into the wealth-generating world of funds. As a result, mutual funds sold through banks now account for about 15% of all new fund sales...
...drug, but its new use fetches a new -- and much higher -- price. Previously a treatment for cancer, Depo-Provera was approved in the U.S. in October as a contraceptive. But its maker, Upjohn, is now charging doctors and clinics around $30 for a three-month shot -- more than double its earlier price -- which means women will pay about $50. Upjohn maintains it is recouping drug-development costs, but doctors argue that research ended long ago and that many countries have used Depo-Provera as a birth-control agent for years...
...BEST THING ABOUT DEPO-PROVERA, THE BIRTH control drug now finally approved for use in the U.S., is that it lasts so long. One shot in the arm or buttock provides 99% effective protection for three full months. That's the main reason it is used by nearly 9 million women in 90 countries, including Britain, France, Sweden and Germany...
...worst thing about Depo-Provera is the side effects, which can leave users tired, weak, dizzy and nervous. Most women who take the drug also gain weight -- often as much as 5 lbs. in the first year...