In 1886, chemist W. J. Rendell manufactured the first birth control suppository. It contained a cocoa butter shell for suppositories that melted in the body to release the medication quinine, a drug ...

Dispelling common myths, experts say these methods are suitable even for women who haven’t had children and do not affect future fertility ...

Some Canadian doctors say patients on birth control need monitoring. But medical authorities in other countries increasingly ...

Warming temperatures mean more rats, and the possible spread of more disease between the rodents and people. That has some scientists and municipal governments asking: is birth control part of the ...

U.S. births fell a little in 2025, according to newly posted provisional data. Slightly over 3.6 million births have been reported through birth certificates, or about 24,000 fewer than in 2024. The ...

Views writer Savannah Burke argues that cycle-tracking wellness trends spread birth control misinformation and threaten women ...

Meanwhile, the U.K.'s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency updated its warnings on GLP-1 and dual GLP-1/GIP ...

You might have heard that you should use a back-up method of protection if you’re taking birth control pills and antibiotics ...

It was long believed that men wouldn't reliably use birth control, but many are signing up for clinical trials of ...

If left untreated, cholecystitis can lead to life-threatening complications like sepsis, gangrene and bowel perforation. In October, Emma had a cholecystectomy - a procedure to completely remove her ...

Older teenagers would need their parents’ consent for almost any health care treatments under a proposed “parental rights” ...

Migrant women living in Johannesburg say they use the birth control pills because they have no other local options. They cite language barriers and the barring of undocumented foreign nationals from ...