The most effective types of birth control are 99% effective. Those include sterilization, IUDs, and implants. The pill is about 93% effective with typical use.

The newly available over-the-counter (OTC) progestin-only oral contraceptive pill (OCP) is accessed by individuals who use no method or less-effective methods of contraception.

Young people who are offered confidential and free access to prescription contraception methods are significantly more likely to use them, according to a new McMaster University study. The findings, ...

From Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic, investigators report that depot ...

Contraception, or birth control, can take a number of forms including drugs, devices, or surgery to prevent pregnancy. Methods can be long-acting or short-acting. Obasanjo Bolarinwa, who teaches ...

Dr Aashita Jain, fertility specialist, Birla Fertility & IVF, Surat said, “Prolonged use of the contraceptive pill, in a standalone sense, is not a cause of infertility. In most cases, when the pill ...

Young people who are offered confidential and free access to prescription contraception methods are significantly more likely to use them, according to a new McMaster University study. Subscribe to ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against the use of falsified batches of the emergency contraceptive pill, Postinor-2 (Levonorgestrel ...

To many women, this felt long overdue but it’s part of a new effort to make women’s gynecologic procedures less painful. To ...

When it comes to navigating long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) options, intrauterine devices, better known as IUDs, ...

Sue Radford horrified viewers of 22 Kids And Counting last night as she revealed she could be pregnant for the 23rd time as a result of using a controversial method of contraception. In last night's ...

Condoms are one of the most commonly used methods of contraception today. Contraceptive methods help to prevent pregnancies. This means using condoms is essentially a means of birth control. However, ...