by Managing Contraception | May 2, 2010 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter
At the April 14 to 17, 2010 Contraceptive Technology Update conference in Boston for 670 counselors, nurse practitioners and physicians, the following question came from an employee at the Yale University Health Service. It could just as easily have come from a...
by Managing Contraception | Apr 25, 2010 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter
Have a great moment! Bob Hatcher What do you say as you leave someone after church, as you leave a Rotary meeting or at Starbucks when you are saying goodbye to the nice person who has given you your cup of coffee? Often brief encounters end with the words “Have a...
by Managing Contraception | Mar 26, 2010 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF THE MIRENA IUD? It is the most effective reversible method ever developed! It prevents ectopic pregnancies (15 times lower than non-contraceptors). Â It decreases menstrual cramping and dramatically decreases menstrual blood loss (a 97%...
by Managing Contraception | Mar 9, 2010 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter
Hate it for a month, then love it for 5 years Robert A. Hatcher MD, MPH The going tends to be stressful or difficult at the start of a new job, as you start to learn a new skill (think of golf) or when you first are exposed to a new group of people (think of the first...
by Managing Contraception | Feb 18, 2010 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter
Friendship, repetition, and the truth What does it mean to be a doctor? It means doing what Dr. Elizabeth Collins did. This story has to do with smoking, a habit that kills many people each year in the United States. Dr. Collins described it in this way: “One...
by Managing Contraception | Jan 28, 2010 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter
Can you provide references for the QuickStart approach to initiating Depo-Provera injections? Q:       I attended the Contraceptive Technology conference in October 2009. It was reported that the WHO now states you may initiate Depo-Provera even after day 7...
