Medical research sites and alternatives to vasectomy

Links to various medical research sites plus research into alternative methods of birth control for men.

National Library of Medicine

Search the NLM database for published journal extracts and study abstracts from the worlds most respected medical journals. Has related links to clinical trials, and the NLM gateway.

Alternative male contraceptive methods

Research has been ongoing into male contraceptives for some years now. This interesting paper from the Boston Women's Health Book Collective on the various methods currently being researched.

British Medical Journal

General medical publications - searchable archive.

British Journal of Andrology

Online journal with searchable archive.

Cochrane Database

This is an international health database of scientific publications and studies.

Index of Medical Journals available online.

Index of medical journals available online.

Male contraceptive research

Website that keeps up to date with the ongoing research into alternative methods of birth control for men.

Open-ended vasectomy

Excellent and widely acclaimed paper on the "Open ended" technique by Ken Reda.

Royal College of Ob/Gyn guidelines

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists guidelines for counselling and performing male and female sterilisation. These are the 2004 guidelines, and you can view the full version (1.16Mb), the summary document or the patient information leaflet.

Safety and effectiveness of vasectomy

This excellent paper is from November 1999 - updated in 2000 (NIH) and is very in depth on all vasectomy issues. Pre and post vasectomy, physical, psychological and social issues are examined. It analyses much of the recent worldwide research, and also links to much of the research material.

US Journal of Urology

Excellent searchable archive of urology medical journals.

World Health Organisation

General medical publications - searchable archive.

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