Nearly 30% of American women have tried 5 or more methods of contraception, and they are increasingly using condoms and emergency contraception, according to 2 new reports published online February 14 ...

Emergency contraception methods, like Plan B, help prevent pregnancy up to five days after having unprotected sex. (Photo: Getty Images) Although emergency contraception has been around for years — ...

The world of emergency contraception extends far beyond the familiar Plan B option that many people immediately think of when considering pregnancy prevention after unprotected sex. While Plan B ...

Family planning is an important aspect of everyone's life. Therefore, it is necessary to choose the most effective and convenient contraceptive. Hormonal contraceptives protect 98 per cent of unwanted ...

We round up all the different contraception methods and their rates of effectiveness, so you can make the right decision for you. We’ve never had so much choice when it comes to planning our future ...

ANestimated 222 million women in developing countries would like to delay or stopchildbearing, but are not using any method of contraception. The promotion offamily planning and ensuring access to ...

If you have access to it, it’s easy to take today’s contraception for granted. But key discoveries over the last century or so changed the lives of women. Before the invention of modern intra-uterine ...

Millions of people around the world use contraception every day to avoid unwanted pregnancies, but the methods of contraception we reach for are very different. Using data from a UN report which ...

The VTE rate ratios were significantly greater for all forms of hormonal contraception, except for progestin-only pills, compared with non-use. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) continues to be a risk ...

For decades, pundits have predicted new contraceptives for men within the next 5 to 10 years. Are we really getting any closer? Judging from work presented at the second 'Future of Male Contraception' ...