Implantable contraceptives thwart pregnancy equally well (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
Washington, July 25 (ANI): A new study has revealed that implantable contraceptives are extremely effective when it comes to preventing unplanned pregnancies. However, the devices are barely used in developed countries and only a bit more popular elsewhere. The review analysed studies of three kinds of implants - Implanon, Jadelle and Norplant. The last is currently unavailable. Researchers ...

Parents claim implant botched (Summit Sun)
A Canberra couple is suing a family planning clinic over an alleged botched contraceptive implant that resulted in an unwanted pregnancy.

Study Of Contraceptives Finds Implanon, Norplant And Jadelle Are All Effective But Side Effects Vary (Medical News Today)
A Cochrane Systematic Review that set out to assess the effectiveness and tolerability of subdermal implantable contraceptives compared to other reversible methods of contraception found that they were all good at preventing pregnancy. No one subdermal implant was found to be any more or less effective than the others in preventing unwanted pregnancies. [click link for full article]