In 1886, chemist W. J. Rendell manufactured the first birth control suppository. It contained a cocoa butter shell for suppositories that melted in the body to release the medication quinine, a drug ...
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Education on birth control methods and access to affordable options in South Carolina can be hard to find. Thursday, Sept. 26, is World Contraception Day and a ...
As an associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Missouri's school of medicine, Melissa Terry consults with patients on birth control almost every day. She ...
Education on birth control and its potential adverse effects is vital to women choosing the type that best suits them. Skepticism surrounding hormonal birth control has been increasing nationwide, ...
There are countless posts on social media about taking a “break” or doing a “cleanse” from birth control, and how hormonal birth control is “unnatural” – but this is not helpful advice. If you are on ...
When OTC birth control became available in 2023, many hoped it would bridge access gaps. OTC birth control users were more likely to transition from using no contraceptives or less effective ones, ...
Oregon Health & Science University researchers have developed a new lab model to study how changes in cervical mucus during the menstrual cycle help regulate fertility. This model could help develop ...