Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The JADA system decreased abnormal postpartum uterine bleeding in vaginal and cesarean birth, regardless of ...

How IUDs affect your period can depend on the type of IUD you get. Some people stop getting their period, while others may have a lighter flow. A few things about IUDs are certain. For one thing, the ...

An IUD lasts for years and is more than 99% effective at preventing pregnancy. IUDs come in two main forms: hormonal and non-hormonal, with drawbacks and advantages to both. After a doctor inserts an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Treatment success for the JADA system was high for both vaginal and cesarean births. Overall, 2.8% of women in ...

Contraception, or birth control, can take a number of forms including drugs, devices, or surgery to prevent pregnancy. Methods can be long-acting or short-acting. Obasanjo Bolarinwa, who teaches ...

As lawmakers across the United States attempt to ban or limit contraception options, medical experts are hoping to clear up misinformation. More than 65% of women in the U.S. between the ages of 15 ...

The FDA gave premarket approval to the first medical device for the treatment of women with symptomatic moderate-to-severe intrauterine adhesions, known as Asherman syndrome, maker Womed announced on ...

An experiential, didactic, and skills-focused workshop for nurse practitioner students can improve their knowledge and comfort with the management of intrauterine devices in primary care.

Termed as almost mistake-proof by Planned Parenthood, the intrauterine device (IUD) is a small contraceptive device that is inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy. The IUD is made of plastic ...

The study was a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of mepivacaine (10 mL of 20 mg/mL) vs placebo (0.9 mg/mL sodium chloride) instilled into the uterus 2 minutes before IUD ...

Why should women in British Columbia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon have access to free contraception while the rest of Canadians do not? Our new research, published in the British ...