While catching up with a friend, Mallory Tatman discovered they were both getting intrauterine device (IUD) insertions in the coming weeks. But, the experience that followed was jarring. “I figured it ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new UBC study has found more people are choosing long-acting birth control methods after B.C. made prescription birth control ...

How IUDs affect your period can depend on the type of IUD you get. Some people stop getting their period, while others may have a lighter flow. A few things about IUDs are certain. For one thing, the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended new pain management strategies for the placement of intrauterine devices, following years of complaints from women who rely on them for ...

The teen birth rate in the U.S. has been declining consistently for more than 30 years, despite the fact that the number of ...

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 ...

The pinching pains Sandy Hill felt in her abdomen were a pretty good clue: Something was definitely not right. A few days earlier, Sandy, a 36-year-old marketing executive from Boston, had been fitted ...

There are more safe and effective options than ever before but what’s safe for one person may not be the best option for another ...

A hard-to-miss demonstration for protecting birth control rights was set up at Philadelphia's City Hall on Friday morning. Nonprofit group Americans for Contraception has been touring a giant ...