A lot of women have longed for an alternative family planning method that would give them a break from hormonal ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, we journey to the 2030s, when hormone implants enabled users to boost everything from pain tolerance to ...

Clinical trials are underway for Adam, a non-hormonal male contraceptive implant that could become a reversible alternative ...

If you're sexually active and don't want to get pregnant right now, birth control is one of the most effective tools available. Understanding what your options are, and how to get access ...

The relationship between hormone therapy (oestrogen with or without progestogen) and breast cancer risk has been widely ...

The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for ...

Expert Rev of Obstet Gynecol. 2011;6(1):45-56. Implanon is an etonogestrel-containing single sterile rod implant. Implanon was introduced in 1998, and was the first and remains the only single-rod ...

Weight gain is commonly cited as a side effect of hormonal contraceptives by clients and providers, and is one of the frequent reasons given for method discontinuation. [1–11] The role of ...

Using an LNG implant likely results in little to no difference in the chance of getting HIV compared to copper IUD. Using DMPA injections or LNG implants probably reduces pregnancy risk compared to ...