News in the Cochrane Library for the Fertility Regulation Group

Issue 4, 2005

NEW TITLES

NEW PROTOCOLS

Advance provision of emergency contraception for pregnancy prevention
Chelsea Polis, USA

NEW REVIEW

Spermicides used alone for contraception
David Grimes, USA

UPDATED PROTOCOLS

Sponge versus diaphragm for contraception
Maureen Kuyoh

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Van Houwelingen HC, Arends LA, Stijnen T
Advanced methods in meta-analysis: multivariate approach and meta-regression
Statistics in Medicine 2002;21:589-624.

WEB ADDRESS FOR HANDSEARCHED JOURNALS

The hyperlink address to The Master List of handsearched journals on the Web: http://www.cochrane.us/documents/master.xls

BURSERY

To complete the update of the review "Education for contraceptive use by women after childbirth" Janet Hiller was awarded a bursary of Aus$3000 by the Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field.

THE FOLLOWING PROTOCOLS ARE IN EDITORIAL PROCESS:

Chinese medicinal herbs for vaginal bleeding of medical abortion
Yan Zou, China

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for heavy bleeding associated with intrauterine-device use
David Grimes, USA

Pain control for first trimester surgical abortion
Sarah Truitt, USA

Third versus second generation oral contraceptives on risk of thrombosis
Anske Van der Bom, The Netherlands

THE FOLLOWING REVIEWS ARE IN EDITORIAL PROCESS:

Advance provision of emergency contraception for pregnancy prevention
Chelsea Polis, USA

Antibiotic prophylaxis for first trimester induced abortion
Marieke Snieders, The Netherlands

Copper-bearing intrauterine devices for contraception
Regina Kulier, Austria

Depot medroxyprogesterone versus norethisterone oenanthate for long acting progestogenic contraception
Beverly Draper, South Africa

Hormonal versus non-hormonal contraceptives in women with diabetes mellitus
Jantien Visser, The Netherlands

Interventions for preventing unintended pregnancies among adolescent
John Ehiri, Nigeria

Medical methods for second trimester termination of pregnancy
Suzanne Medema, The Netherlands

Scalpel versus no scalpel incision for vasectomy
Lynley Cook, New Zealand

Strategies to improve compliance and acceptibility of hormonal methods for contraception
Vera Halpern, Russia

Subdermal implantable contraceptives versus other forms of reversible contraceptives as effective methods of preventing pregnancy
Jo Power, UK

Treatment of vaginal bleeding irregularities induced by progestin-only contraceptives
Hany Abdel-Aleem, Egypt

Triphasic versus monophasic oral contraceptives for contraception
Huib Van Vliet, The Netherlands