Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emergency contraception methods, like Plan B, help prevent pregnancy up to five days after having unprotected sex. (Photo: Getty ...

A team of scientists has made headlines after stating that an in-development male birth control compound has been 99 percent effective in animal tests. The male contraceptive, which can be taken ...

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

A new study shows the dosage of hormones in birth control pills can be reduced by as much as 92% and still prevent ovulation. As low as 10% of the total exogenous estrogen dose in constant ...

Barrier and hormonal contraception methods only temporarily prevent pregnancy. Once a person stops using these methods, the body’s natural fertility will typically resume. Sterilization methods, such ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists are working on developing nonhormonal birth control methods. Alexey Kuzma/Stocksy Although nonhormonal birth control options are available, many do not provide the same ...

Kafue District Health Director, Sydney Hamusonde has raised concern over the growing misuse of Emergency ...

There has been a shift away from the use of more reliable hormonal methods of contraception to less reliable fertility awareness methods among women requesting abortion in England and Wales over the ...