As I mentioned in my last post, HIMSS is always great for people watching and stumbling upon great new concepts and products. A chance encounter with Jason Hwang, founder of PolkaDoc, combined the two ...

There's an app for almost everything we do. A new cell phone app has been certified as a method of birth control in the European Union. Similar to the rhythm method or natural planning, Natural Cycles ...

Haifa, Israel-based MediSafe added a birth control pill tracking feature to its medication adherence app this week. MediSafe, which was in Microsoft's Tel Aviv accelerator, offers a cloud-based app ...

The FDA approved marketing of the direct-to-consumer smartphone app Natural Cycles as a method of contraception to prevent pregnancy Aug. 10. The app, developed by the Swedish company Natural Cycles ...

Planned Parenthood has launched a pilot program for a service that prescribes birth control to women via video visits, powered by American Well, and then sends them either the pill, the patch or the ...

I was on birth control pills for around 14 years. When I finally tossed my last pack, I was surprised to learn just how irregular my cycles are. At first, I thought it was the effects of being on ...

Rachel Ralph works long hours at an accounting firm in Oakland, Calif., and coordinates much of her life via the apps on her phone. So when she first heard several months ago that she could order her ...

A website that lets users order birth control online is giving away contraceptives and the morning after pill for free this month — and it's all thanks to Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Counselor to ...

The Food and Drug Administration took a big-tent approach earlier this month when it approved two new forms of birth control that seek to prevent pregnancy in very different ways. Women's health ...

YourChoice Therapeutics is already testing its drug in a larger Phase II trial. Prescriptions for birth control and emergency contraception have declined more in states that passed abortion bans ...