A birth control implant is available as a rod about the size of a matchstick that can release hormones into the body and prevent pregnancies for up to 5 years. 2,3 A doctor inserts it into the upper ...

Let's understand why is contraception important beyond pregnancy prevention ... functional ovarian cysts and some menstrual migraine patterns. They also reduce the risk of pelvic inflammatory disease ...

Why should women in British Columbia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon have access to free contraception while ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — At age 13, Katrine Petersen was fitted with a contraceptive device by Danish doctors without her consent. She had become pregnant, and after doctors in the Greenlandic town of ...

Questions about their fate swirled after the government's July deadline for destruction came and went. Then came a false ...