How the ‘nocebo’ effect is putting women off the contraceptive pill - LET’S UNPACK THAT : As a new study highlights how ...

The birth control medications have been recalled due to 'affected lot(s) may not contain the correct amount of tablets' and ...

It’s a weird time to talk about contraceptives. Here's what the debate is missing.

Reversible contraceptives like birth control pills, patches, IUDs and implants do not cause permanent infertility for most women. Fertility generally returns within months after stopping use, though ...

In 1886, chemist W. J. Rendell manufactured the first birth control suppository. It contained a cocoa butter shell for suppositories that melted in the body to release the medication quinine, a drug ...

Some Canadian doctors say patients on birth control need monitoring. But medical authorities in other countries increasingly ...

Nigerian women who are wealthier, more educated and urban are more likely to use modern contraceptives than poorer, less educated and rural women. This is one of the findings of a study that assessed ...

Scientists have identified a key biological mechanism that enables sperm to rapidly increase their energy just before ...

A new 12-month cohort study in Eastern and Northern Uganda has found that women who choose to self-inject a contraceptive called DMPA-SC experience a measurable increase in decision-making power over ...

Views writer Savannah Burke argues that cycle-tracking wellness trends spread birth control misinformation and threaten women ...

New research explores how hormonal contraceptive use may influence cardiovascular and thrombotic risk in women, including ...

A plague of pigeons in one British city centre could soon be fed contraceptives in an effort to reduce their numbers after previous attempts to cull their numbers failed. Norwich City Council is ...