A new birth control pill for men appears to be safe when used daily for a month, with hormone responses consistent with effective contraception, study researchers say. Their study results, i... Read more
Intravaginal ring providing dual protection is first of its kind to enter a clinical trial Women’s reproductive health may never be the same, thanks to Northwestern University biomedical eng... Read more
“These findings suggest that a reversible, oral male contraceptive may be possible” The development of a male contraceptive pill has long proven to be elusive, but findings from... Read more
Users are said to have reported “high satisfaction” with the device If a woman wishes to avoid pregnancy for the time being, but thinks she might want to get pregnant at some point in the fu... Read more
The Gates Foundation makes it a point to fund solutions for women and girls because those solutions are often the most effective. Melinda Gates has been a consistent voice for women around t... Read more
A NEW type of male contraceptive could be in sight after Scottish scientists discovered a gene critical for sperm production. Edinburgh University researchers found that the gene Katn... Read more
For each condom bought, one will be donated to students in African universities. The L Condom company is designed to deal with condom shortages in the countries where birth control an... Read more
“People and the Planet” During the 352-year life span of the Royal Society, the human population has risen from less than one billion people to seven billion and counting. That boom has been... Read more
Following this week’s coverage of the reversible male contraception method, it appears that a birth control pill for men is also in the works. Researchers at Columbia University Medica... Read more
A promising new birth control method for men that’s more easily reversible than vasectomy has been developed in India. Called RISUG (Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance or Va... Read more
Do you want that in a pill or a shot? A pill, thank you, but most patients never have that choice. The problem with administering many medications orally is that a pill often will not dissol... Read more
