Natural family planning, barriers, hormonal methods, copper IUDs, and permanent sterilization have varying degrees of effectiveness. Family planning involves tracking fertility cycles and sexual ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are preventable through the use of certain contraceptives, including internal condoms, external condoms, and dental dams. While there are many types of birth ...

Barrier and hormonal contraception methods only temporarily prevent pregnancy. Once a person stops using these methods, the body’s natural fertility will typically resume. Sterilization methods, such ...

The recent Supreme Court ruling in the case about mifepristone, a medication abortion drug, offered a temporary reprieve in a judicial climate that has been increasingly hostile to abortion access.

Modern electronic systems need small, lightweight, high-efficiency power supplies. These supplies require cost-effective methods to take power from the AC power ...

These new methods, from parasites to gene editing, control mosquitoes without pesticides. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes (shown) carry a slew of diseases, including the virus that causes dengue fever.

Certain types of birth control methods have been associated with reduced bone mineral density. The risk may be greater in people who start taking them during adolescence. Birth control medications ...