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Birth control
Essure update: FDA recommends new warnings
The FDA is recommending words of caution for the label of this permanent birth control method.
Birth control
Are guys big whiners or does hormonal birth control for men actually suck?
Another day, another male birth control method that won't make it to market. But let's not blame the dudes.
Birth control
Does hormonal birth control cause depression?
A new study found a link between hormonal birth control methods and depression. Here's why interpreting this research is effing complicated.
Birth control
IUD update: Kyleena and LILETTA
New and improved IUDs are coming soon to a health care provider near you.
Birth control pill
Pill perk: protection against ovarian cancer
A drop in rates of death from ovarian cancer is yet another reason to say "thanks, birth control."
IUD
Will an IUD make your period go away?
It may depend on what your period was like before you got one.
Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs)
Which fertility and period tracking apps can you trust?
New research looks at which of the oh-so-many period tracking and fertility awareness apps out there actually work.
Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs)
Low-effort fertility tracking coming soon: Priya Ring
Want to know when you're ovulating? A thermometer for your vadge may be just what you've been waiting for.
Birth control
Maryland takes birth control coverage to the next level
Come 2018, Maryland plans to be pretty much the best place ever for insured people who need contraception.
Birth control
Yay! Pharmacists in California can prescribe birth control too now
More good news from the left coast: Californians can get the pill, the patch, the ring, or the shot prescribed directly at the pharmacy.
Birth control
Hormonal birth control for guys is still far, far away
We really hate to be downers, but most new male methods still have a long way to go before they're available to the public.
Birth control
Thanks, birth control! Accidental pregnancies are dropping
After 30+ years of no change, U.S. rates of unplanned pregnancy are on the decline. (Hurrah!)
