Copper IUDs are small, T-shaped devices inserted into your uterus to prevent pregnancy. The only available copper IUD in the United States is called Paragard. Copper IUDs prevent sperm from reaching ...

IUDs are more than 99% effective at preventing pregnancy. With hormonal IUDs, you may have side effects like mood changes, headaches, and irregular periods. Copper IUDs may cause you to develop ...

The most common side effect after getting an IUD inserted is cramping. Hormonal IUDs like Mirena can make your period lighter and, in some cases, stop it altogether. Non-hormonal copper IUDs can cause ...

The spread of medical misinformation on social media has resulted in misconceptions about the safety and efficacy of hormonal birth-control methods. The long-standing lack of physician transparency ...

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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 ...

A young woman in a TikTok video unfolds a drug information package insert, revealing a paper large enough to cover her curled up body. “When they forget to give you a blanket but you brought your ...

When her period first arrived when she was 12, Hannah LaCroix said her cramps were painful to the point where she struggled to get out of bed. Her menstrual discomfort mostly subsided, she said, once ...

More than 65 percent of women ages 15 to 49 in the United States use some form of birth control, and many of them are on hormonal birth control methods like the pill, patch, ring, implant, injections, ...

The Funk Generation singer—who shared her endometriosis diagnosis in 2022—shared insight into her past experience with birth control. "Hair loss, and the skin goes crazy, and then the mood goes crazy, ...