If IT security is full of risks and complications now, the future holds even more challenges.

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But now medical device makers are introducing an array of new, minimally invasive procedures to provide long-term pain relief without all the costs, risks, complications and recovery time of full-scale surgery.

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The reality means more than 350 million couples still lack access to a full range of family planning services, and 529, 000 women die annually from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, most of them preventable.

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While this may be the full extent of the illness in many, resolving itself within two weeks of the first symptoms, other complications may arise in about one in 15 cases.

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