Even though it's no longer on the market, new data has emerged around potential side effects of the permanent birth control device Essure. The device, pulled from the US market two years ago amid ...

Natural family planning, barriers, hormonal methods, copper IUDs, and permanent sterilization have varying degrees of effectiveness. Family planning involves tracking fertility cycles and sexual ...

Many couples who don't want children, or any more children, used to have limited permanent birth control options. Now, there's a new procedure. The options used to be a vasectomy for men or a tubal ...

ST. LOUIS -- Women in St. Louis will be among the first in the nation to try a new method of birth control approved by the government last week. Dr. David Levine of St. Luke's Hospital in suburban ...

IUDs — intrauterine devices — are one of the most effective forms of birth control, and data from the Food and Drug Administration found that they’re better at preventing pregnancy than the pill or ...

Kristin Weiland is a documentary film producer and writer with a background in crisis management and ethnographic research. She specializes in investigative and social impact documentary projects, and ...

A new birth control procedure shows promising signs of becoming another viable option for people who don't want children now, but may want them some day. Techcitement.com points out that the procedure ...

A mobile clinic adorned with cartoon depictions of sperm is on a Missouri road trip. Its owner and Planned Parenthood are offering free vasectomies this week. The trailer, which on Thursday was posted ...

Women are ditching the pill while vasectomy procedures hit a record highs across Australia, as data reveals more men are ...

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is focused on boys’ and men’s health: She looks into reproductive health, trending treatments, screening approaches, mental health, and everything in between. In the absence ...