The purpose of Contraception is to provide a medium for the rapid communication of advances and new knowledge in all areas of contraception. Manuscripts are received from researchers and clinicians in the following areas of research: chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, endocrinology, biology, the medical sciences, and demography.
Angie Derry knew that her Essure implants were designed to remain inside her body forever. But two years after a doctor inserted the tiny coils into her fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy, the Rockford, Ill., woman wants ...
Dec 26, 2013
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Genetics may explain why some women gain weight when using a popular method of birth control, researchers say.
Jun 9, 2020
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A new study from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health challenges assumptions that women with the highest preference against pregnancy use more effective ...
Dec 16, 2019
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Contrary to guidelines issued by the World Health Organization, new research has found that HIV-positive women receiving one of the most common forms of drug therapy should be able to use at least some forms of oral contraceptives ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Anti-abortion organizations are pushing state lawmakers to promote a controversial and unproven "abortion reversal" treatment—flouting the objections of medical professionals who point out it is not supported by science.
Dec 6, 2023
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration-funded study led by the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research found an increased risk of arterial thrombotic events (ATE) and venous thromboembolic events (VTE)—commonly ...
Oct 18, 2012
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New research debunks the assumption that a woman's religion predicts her views on policies affecting reproductive health care such as insurance coverage for birth control.
Mar 11, 2015
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A new Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) study shows that use of medication abortion, also known as "the abortion pill," bounced back in Texas after a March 2016 label change by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ...
Feb 26, 2019
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Birth control sabotage and pressure to become pregnant by male partners, also called "reproductive coercion," in the past three months is associated with recent unintended pregnancy among adolescent and young adult females ...
Dec 12, 2013
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What prevents family medicine physicians from providing medical abortions for patients who need them?
May 18, 2022
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