Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I regularly speak with patients who are nervous to talk about sex and birth control,” Dr. Kyle Graham, board-certified OBGYN and ...

While catching up with a friend, Mallory Tatman discovered they were both getting intrauterine device (IUD) insertions in the coming weeks. “I figured it would feel like a Pap smear, like a typical ...

It's normal to have questions about what birth control method is right for you. With so many options available, from pills and patches to implants and IUDs, it’s understandable if you’re feeling ...

Birth control interactions occur when medications or supplements affect how well contraception works or increase side effects. These interactions vary depending on the type of birth control you use.

A new smartphone app offers to prescribe birth control without seeing a doctor in person. It's called Nurx and it's now available in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Once you download the app, the patient ...

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 ...

During her annual OB-GYN visit, Callie Anderson told her doctor she wanted to get off the birth-control pill. “We decided the best option for me was an IUD,” she said, referring to an intrauterine ...

Several months ago, on a mockingly optimistic sunny morning and the start of a new month, I told myself I'd quit hormonal birth control pills. It felt like I was in middle school again, potentially ...

Birth control pills are the most common medications prescribed to women. Hundreds of thousands of women take these tiny pills to avoid pregnancy. They offer freedom, convenience, and peace of mind in ...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is said to be the major cause of infertility and irregular menstrual cycle in women. Hormonal imbalance is the primary cause behind it. There are many treatment ...

Surrounded by hot pink lights and cherry blossom pink drapes on a ballroom stage, family doctor Marguerite Duane offered a seemingly simple solution to infertility: Doctors should have conversations ...