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 ...

ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled new guidelines aimed at enhancing patient care by providing doctors with updated recommendations for administering birth control, ...

IUDs, or intrauterine devices, are more than 99% effective in preventing pregnancy, and some can work up to 12 years, but a 2016 survey from the Urban Institute found that many women still don't know ...

The pinching pains Sandy Hill felt in her abdomen were a pretty good clue: Something was definitely not right. A few days earlier, Sandy, a 36-year-old marketing executive from Boston, had been fitted ...

While catching up with a friend, Mallory Tatman discovered they were both getting intrauterine device (IUD) insertions in the coming weeks. But, the experience that followed was jarring. “I figured it ...

The CDC put out new recommendations regarding pain management for IUD birth control. The CDC is recommending that doctors talk to their patients about potential pain when getting an IUD and what ...

My husband and I have three kids under the age of 5. I can't take any hormonal birth control, so I opted to have a copper IUD to prevent pregnancy. It affected my periods, sex drive, and my mental ...