Getting an intrauterine device (IUD) is a big, empowering decision. It offers long-lasting, highly effective contraception ...

Social media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for health harms (like infertility or even abortion) that it does not cause, or ...

(InvestigateTV) — When D’Asia Jackson’s sickle cell pain flares during her menstrual cycle, birth control is the only thing that brings relief. “With birth control, it is for, to me, for the doctor, ...

I’m a big proponent of IUDs. The birth control option, formally known as an intrauterine device, lasts years (between three and 12, depending on the type) and it’s a “set it and forget it” solution.

Charlotte Freed first got a hormonal IUD when she was a teenager. She wasn't sexually active at the time, but she wanted to be protected from pregnancy before she started college. This was also a time ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals recalled almost 27,000 packs ...

A major discovery has paved the way for a male contraceptive pill, say scientists. The molecular “switch” that "supercharges" sperm for their final sprint to an egg has been pinpointed by American ...

1 in 4 sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain tumor in ...