Browsing: contraceptives

A new contraceptive gel called Phexxi, the first hormone-free product in this category in 30 years, comes to market this…

While the benefits of birth control are obvious, each method has its drawbacks. Keeping up with daily birth control pills,…

Patients and doctors are clamoring to recall Essure, a nickel-based birth control device implanted into a woman’s fallopian tubes to…

The newest generation of oral contraceptive pills may help to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer in young women. Prior…

A new study published in JAMA has found that prescription drug use among adolescents has dropped. The use of antibiotics,…

Taking certain medications may prevent the emergency contraceptive pill — better known as the “morning after pill” — from working…

According to a study published in the British Medical Journal, women implanted with Bayer AG’s Essure permanent contraception device were…