Word: diaphragmic
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Invented by Bruce Vorhauer, 41, a biomedical engineer, the new product is a soft polyurethane sponge 5.5 cm wide and 2 cm thick, permeated with a common spermicide, nonoxynol 9, that has been on the market for 20 years. The product combines the barrier aspects of the diaphragm with the principal advantages of the less effective male condom. In tests, the sponge has proved to be as effective as the diaphragm: studies for one year of thousands of women, some of whom may not have used contraception diligently or properly, have shown that both methods prevent pregnancy...
Inserted any time up to 16 hours before intercourse, the sponge releases its spermicide gradually, killing and absorbing sperm before they can reach the cervix. Unlike the diaphragm, the device-called Today-stays effective for 24 hours (hence the name) regardless of how many times the user has intercourse, and there is said to be nothing messy or awkward about it. A small polyester loop attached to the sponge makes removal easy. Vorhauer, the president of V.L.I., expects to start selling the contraceptives this fall, at about $1 apiece...
Greenfield is something of a tape recorder himself, registering every inflection and hypocrisy. Paulie mimics an indulgent father: "Clothes? Certainly, darling. A nice, expensive, out-of-town college? Name one, sweetheart, and I'll get you right in. A diaphragm? Of course, precious. I'll ask your mother to pick one up for you on the avenue while she's out shopping." Greenfield's oscillation between third and first person is singular without being wholly successful, but he manages that most difficult recipe: a blend of acrimony, humor, regret and hope. Soothing...
...walk-in services with-in services with reactions from other women to specific doctors. It contains good, had, and mixed reviews. The "avoid" column accumulated since the Clearinghouse was founded in 1979 include accounts of personality conflicts as well as assertations that non-gynecologist practitioners had misstated a diaphragm and failed to treat an echoic pregnancy...
...rule, which is scheduled to go into effect next month, would require parents to be notified whenever children under the age of 18 receive prescription contraceptives from a family planning clinic using federal funds. In question are the pill, intrauterine devices and the diaphragm. After notifying parents that their daughter had received contraceptives, a clinic would have to verify receipt of the notice before dispensing additional drugs or devices...