As a sex educator, Milly Evans knows more about contraception than most. But in the run-up to getting a hormonal coil (IUS), she was filled with unfamiliar doubts about whether it was right for her ...

Scientists at Cornell University may be closing in on the long-sought “holy grail” of male contraception: a safe, reversible, nonhormonal method that completely halts sperm production. In a ...

The UK is considering possible options to help defend shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks, the defence secretary has said. John Healey also signalled that British forces needed to be ...

“The Power of the Pill” is a phrase commonly used to refer to the transformative impact of oral contraceptives in bringing reproductive autonomy to women. After the first contraceptive pill was ...

Mayer is medical research director and co-chair of The Fenway Institute as well as a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Every day, there are 1 million new cases of potentially curable ...

“All I have is sperm,” Akash Bakshi says. “I’m just looking at sperm counts.” Every day the co-founder of YourChoice Therapeutics arrives at his startup’s office in San Francisco to do this work. A ...

Significant predictors for prescribing DMPA-SC included being gender-diverse or male, having access to DMPA-SC-specific clinical workflows, and having state Medicaid and private insurance coverage for ...

Kristan Hawkins is not what you might call a unifying figure. The founder and leader of Students for Life of America, a grassroots anti-abortion network, Hawkins travels to college campuses for ...

Hormonal birth control can both help and hinder chronic health conditions, depending on the specific method and the condition. Individuals with chronic conditions should consider how different birth ...

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 ...

This is the fifth installment in a series of articles about the science of various aspects of college life. Any Brown student can schedule an appointment with Student Health Services to review various ...

The girlies have gathered together, we’ve compared notes, we’ve swapped stories, and we’ve come to the conclusion that 2025 so far has been a total flop. From the manosphere going mainstream to Donald ...