Birth Control - The Biggest Myths

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Education, Science, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 30 November 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Everyone’s got a myth or two about birth control they want cleared up. Like... is 'pulling out' AKA withdrawal really such a bad idea? Does the pill change your brain? Are IUDs safe? And why isn’t there a pill for men, already?! We ask gynecologist Dr. Amita Murthy, neuroendocrinologist Dr. Nicole Petersen, men’s health researcher Prof. Robert McLachlan and a whole roomful of experts on sex -- teenagers. UPDATE 05/12/17: We have updated this episode to further emphasize that the pre-cum studies are only very small. Use withdrawal at your own peril! Check out our full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2P5creH Selected readings:The Guttmacher report on unintended pregnanciesNicole’s research on the brainThe Nurses’ Health Study results on oral contraceptivesA history of the Dalkon ShieldThe latest on male contraception Credits: This episode has been produced by Wendy Zukerman, Shruti Ravindran, Heather Rogers and Rose Rimler. Our senior producer is Kaitlyn Sawrey. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Extra editing help from Alex Blumberg and Eric Mennel. Fact checking by Michelle Harris. Sound design by Martin Peralta and Bobby Lord. Music written by Bobby Lord. An extra thanks to Dr Aparna Sundaram at the Guttmacher Institute, Dr Sarah Prager, Prof Brittany Charlton, Dr Lisa Iversen, Prof James Trussell, Dr Sara Holton. Big thank you to Libby Shafer and all the Chicago teens, plus Jonathan Goldstein and Joseph Lavelle Wilson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Versus from Gimlet Media.
0:05.0	This is the show where we pit facts against f***ing.
0:08.3	On today's show, Birth Control.
0:10.7	And this is obviously an episode that is a little bit grown up.
0:16.6	So if you're listening with some very little people around, maybe save this episode for
0:21.3	another time.
0:24.8	So, Birth Control.
0:28.2	You probably think you know what's up.
0:30.4	You read the instructions on your box of condoms, you've been taking the pills since you were
0:34.6	a teen.
0:35.6	In fact, you've been having sex for years.
0:39.7	You think you've got this.
0:42.0	But get this.
0:44.0	According to one large survey, nearly half of unwanted pregnancies in the US happened
0:50.4	while the couples were using birth control.
0:54.0	Yeah.
0:55.4	So, there's something weird going on here.
0:59.1	And on top of that, we just seem to be bombarded with scary news stories about the birth control
1:04.8	that we do have.
1:06.6	There are thousands of complaints about the IUD.
1:09.5	A new study suggests that women who recently use certain birth control pills may increase
1:14.4	their risk of breast cancer.
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