The clinic had just begun offering nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, to patients to help manage pain during IUD placements and, given the alternative — to undergo the procedure sans anesthetics — she ...

Rashi Chowdhary talks about the lesser-known hormonal implications of copper IUDs, especially their impact on estrogen, zinc, ...

Federal laws protect access to contraception services, but coverage in private health insurance plans varies widely, ...

Hampshire County Council has approved spending up to £28.7 million over seven years to continue offering long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) and NHS health checks across the region. LARC ...

Records suggest roughly half of all fertile females in Greenland received an IUD between 1966 and 1970, and the practice continued over the next few years. It led to the halving of the birthrate in ...

Hormonal birth control uses synthetic versions of the naturally occurring hormones estrogen and progesterone to prevent ...

Care gaps in women’s health are closing, thanks to increased cultural awareness of gendered healthcare disparities, according ...

Such concerns may in part explain emerging research that suggests the use of long-acting contraception such as intrauterine devices, or IUDs, and permanent contraception — namely, sterilization ...

Windtree Therapeutics said it has contracted with a pharmaceutical manufacturer in China to produce Evofem Biosciences's hormone-free contraceptive product Phexxi at a low cost. The biotechnology ...

Even while the growing limits on abortion in the U.S. heighten the need for effective contraception, family planning providers are less available in many states, and health insurance coverage of some ...

Intrauterine Systems Only one study has evaluated BMD in users of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system and compared this group with standard IUD users.

Such concerns may in part explain emerging research that suggests the use of long-acting contraception such as intrauterine devices, or IUDs, and permanent contraception – namely, sterilization – are ...