The FDA on April 9 restricted the sale and distribution of Bayer’s permanent birth control device Essure to ensure women are well-informed of the device’s risks before choosing the contraceptive ...

At the request of the Food and Drug Administration, Leverkusen, Germany-based Bayer will now add a box warning and patient decision checklist to the label of its permanent birth control device Essure.

Although some birth control methods can be costly without insurance, free or lower cost options are available. Many clinics, health centers, and programs provide free or lower cost birth control for ...

Social media users advising women to get IUDs before Trump takes office. — -- Online searches for long-acting birth control devices spiked significantly in the hours after the presidential ...

During her annual OB-GYN visit, Callie Anderson told her doctor she wanted to get off the birth control pill. “We decided the best option for me was an IUD,” she said, referring to an intrauterine ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - New research about a popular birth control method suggests it comes with a slightly higher risk of breast cancer. A study published in the medical journal JAMA shows a 40% ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota women are among thousands nationwide who say they they've suffered serious complications because of a popular birth control device. And a Minnesota expert tells KARE 11 that ...

Kentuckians told the Lantern they got intrauterine devices, better known as IUDs, because of concern that they would lose ...

Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives have been stored in Belgium since the U.S. froze foreign aid. A local official says some products were stored improperly and are largely unusable.

Kristin Weiland is a documentary film producer and writer with a background in crisis management and ethnographic research. She specializes in investigative and social impact documentary projects, and ...

As misinformation about women’s health spreads faster than ever, doctors say new research on the risks of hormonal birth control underscores the challenge of communicating nuance in the social media ...

A Sept. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes a picture of a gold microchip resting on a person's fingertip. “Bill Gates has invented a birth control microchip that can be switched on ...