The University of Minnesota's College of Pharmacy has paved the way for the first non-hormonal male birth control pill to ...

Discover how wearable ring technology transforms birth control options with non-hormonal tracking that offers up to 98% ...

For some people, low dose birth control pills may cause fewer side effects and offer more health benefits than higher-dose pills. Some low dose pills contain both estrogen and progestin ...

But it’s important to remember that most people aren’t perfect with their birth control. A better figure may be typical use. The pill, for example, is over 99% effective when used perfectly ...

The new approach delivers the contraceptive hormonal medication levonorgestrel via what the researchers call “Self-assembling ...

YCT-529, a hormone-free male birth control pill, has shown high effectiveness in animals and is now in human trials, marking ...

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It's best to choose a more regular form of birth control, which can be more effective if you use morning-after pills often. Plan B generally does not have harmful long-term effects on your body ...

A breakthrough medication is entering the testing phase as science seeks to bring male birth control into reality. The hormone-free contraceptive, currently called YCT-529, was tested on […] ...

“A safe and effective male pill will provide more options to couples for birth control,” said Gunda Georg ... “With the unintentional pregnancy rate at nearly 50% in the U.S. and globally, we need ...

So far, the science and safety seem solid. But is the world emotionally ready to shift the responsibility of contraception to ...