European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                -#fwmfiit7? guess then about How Many birth control All methods Are flawed by Larry Doyle United press International a la of the birth control methods no in us have something in common. They Are  of the contraceptive methods Mohave available today Are Ideal methods says or. Gerald Zatuchni. Vice president of the society Lor the advancement of contraception. We Rotava adequate methods for a certain part of the population hut we need new ones and we need better and safer  some newer perhaps belter methods under development include new delivery Tyaton family planning experts say most of the contraceptive research being done currently centers around finding better delivery systems or proven contraceptive hormones such As oestrogen and progesterone. These include patches pumps suppositories and Luis. The most promising appears to be norplant six capsules implanted under the Arm that release Tow doses of a progesterone Liko hormone Over a Tive year period. At present norplant is approved Lor use in Indonesia Thailand and Ecuador. The population Council is preparing an application for the u,5. Food and drug administration. Researchers Are also working on a hormone delivery system called the vaginal ring a doughnut shaped device that fits around the cervix in much the same Way a diaphragm does. The ring which is being Lested with different mixtures of hormones does not have to ii Adas specifically As a diaphragm and is designed to be left in Lor 21 Days at a Lime being removed to allow menstruation. Tha ring need not be in place during sexual Intercourse. Hew to Amonaa a single dose of the female hormone Andrin has been shown to inhibit ovulation Lor More than a month and researchers say the steroid shows Promise of one Day being developed into a once a month birth control Pill. Thi French have a drug called ru486, which has been shown to prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus when administered directly before the expected menstrual period the drug can cause heavy bleeding in some women and its safety in other aspects in not known. New Luis the largest european seller of Luis is touting a new Copper id called the mull Load cd 375. Recent research indicates the cd 375, which is recommended for live years continues to work even after a decade. The chinese Are developing a stainless steel uterine cavity shaped device cd. Early clinical trials indicate the cd shaped like an isosceles Triangle is slightly less effective than the Multi Load luos. Reversible sterilization some Promise has been shown in the development of a tubal dip. Which would prevent eggs from reaching the uterus without destroying the ducts. Researchers also Are about to begin human trials on a reversible form of main contraception using a double Silicon plug inserted in the Vas deferent. New Barrier methods Tho contraceptive Cap a smaller version of the diaphragm that was supposed to be More convenient and More effective has not lived up to its Advance Billing. Planned parenthood officials say the Cap should be approved in the next three or four years but they Don t expect there will be much of & Market for it. Researchers Are also investigating using the today sponge As a delivery system Lor More effective contraceptive hormones and spermicides.  the most promising Ronalo contraceptive Al the moment involves an injection of testosterone and another steroid which eliminates or drastically reduces sperm production in nearly All men who receive it. Clinical trials using 350 couples worldwide will begin Early next year. Sex underlying by Jane e. Body new York times inhibited sexual desire has emerged in Tho 1980 As the leading sexual disorder and a major underlying Factor if not a direct cause of Many marital breakups the problem affects single people As Well As married couples and Hose committed to Long term relationships. At the same time therapists say that some people who judge themselves Nga Insl an imagined societal. Standard think there is something wrong with thar in of sexual interest. In reality ii neither they nor their partners Are dissatisfied the frequency of sexual relations he it twice a weak or twice a year or never should not b cause for concern. For a growing number of couples who seek sex therapy however one or both partners is unhappy about their Low level of sexual interest or lost sexual intimacy. Therapists Are reluctant to say this is a new problem More Likely the increase in clients reflects a greater awareness of the potential of sex therapy and expectations of a higher Quality of sexual interaction. A example women who might once have accepted Martti sex As duty now know it should be a pleasure and rna expect their partners to be sexually responsive. According Lodr. Constance Avery Clark a psychologist at the masters & Johnson Institute in St Louis inhibited sexual desire is a pervasive disinter i in sex with genital Contact occurring less often than once every other week a frequency that distresses o or both partners. Avery Clartis has been studying the problem among Institute clients and s now examen it among the general population As Well. In one study conducted in 1979 by or. Ellen Frank the University of Pittsburgh among 90 Normal Marta couples 85 percent of whom described the marriage happy35 percent of the women and 16 percent of e men reported sexual disinterest that Avery Clark sounded very much like inhibited sexual  sex therapists recognize that Many actors in modern life particularly the emergence of the two career family Are contributing to the problem. When both husband and wife come Home late bring problems of their work with them and lacing a Host of household Community and social responsibilities then in t much Lime or mental space for sex. Lovemaking is relegated to a time when both Art exhausted the North american mating hour la at j 11 30, right after the nightly news said Debora Phillips a behaviour therapist who practices in new y and Princeton n.j., and the author of sexual Confidence Houghton Miflin 1980 and How la fit out of love Warner books. 1982. Or. Elayne Kahn director of the new Voo Center sexual and marital guidance Seea ii As it i960 j phenomenon with a primary focus on making Mon and having a successful  Phillips said that for Many couples sex becomes m routine As tying one s shoes. When a couple has sex h same time in the same place and in the same Way we after week year after year sex becomes very unix Owji which in itself can Lead to a loss of sexual  she added thai boredom in the bedroom happen Young couples As Watt As those married or Many it because they neglect to looter Romance and variety their sexual interactions. Of course there Are Many other causes of Wii Tel sexual desire. Physical illness medications that Imp libido or performance hormonal derangement ". Unusually stressful life circumstances and drama of changes such As having a child often suppress � was once a healthy sexual interest. One of the most common causes is emotional depression with libido readily restored Whan of depression is treated with medication and or psychotherapy. Page 14 the stars and stripes