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Sofia Mavor and George Cutone, two seniors headed to prestigious service academies, prove they are the best with dominating semifinal and final victories.

Sofia Mavor and George Cutone, two seniors headed to prestigious service academies, prove they are the best with dominating semifinal and final victories.

According to a randomized controlled trial recently published in The Lancet, combining the anti-inflammatory drug piroxicam, often prescribed for arthritis pain, with the levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pill after unprotected intercourse results in fewer pregnancies compared to taking levonor

A new study suggests that the morning-after pill, or plan B, is more effective for longer when taken alongside a common anti-inflammatory drug called piroxicam.

A combination of levonorgestrel—known as “plan B” or the “morning after pill”—and the anti-inflammatory drug piroxicam is more effective in preventing pregnancy compared with levonorgestrel alone, according to a randomised controlled trial.1 The study involved 860 women who sought emergency contraception within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse at a major community sexual and reproductive health service in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2022. The results, published in the Lancet , showed that the combination regimen prevented 94.7% of expected pregnancies, compared with 63.4% with le...