• Cramps are severe or persistent. • You’ve missed more than two periods without explanation. • You experience abnormal ...

Kentuckians told the Lantern they got intrauterine devices, better known as IUDs, because of concern that they would lose ...

After completing the trail, newly single and armed with that steady, aching knowing, I moved to Asheville, North Carolina.

There’s a myth that swimming can cause periods to stop, but this is utterly untrue. It’s also untrue that menstrual blood ...

Hugh Taylor has long studied the endometrium, or lining of the uterus. But it was his patients who got him interested in better understanding ...

Kentuckians say they got intrauterine devices, better known as IUDs, because of concern that they would lose access to birth ...

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There’s certainly nothing wrong with avoiding birth control, taking a nonhormonal approach to it, or having a large family.

Experiencing cramps outside your period can be concerning, but many causes exist beyond menstruation. From ovulation and ...

The copper T is a tiny, T-shaped device made of flexible plastic wrapped in fine copper wire. It’s placed inside the uterus ...

Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives have been stored in Belgium since the U.S. froze foreign aid. A local official ...

A decade ago, Cindy Eckert struggled to convince skeptics about a drug for premenopausal women. Lately, her business is ...