Hormonal coils, which release low levels of hormones into the body, are one of two types of contraceptive intrauterine device ...

Jill Walker can barely believe she is pain-free and has so much energy. For a simple contraceptive coil has saved the 42-year-old health worker from years of acute abdominal pains, or the only ...

Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee say women are left to “suck it up” in the face of severe pain from 'routine' women's ...

The influences of hormonal contraceptives on mental health have been a longstanding concern for women of reproductive age.

“The coil is generally a small T-shaped device consisting of copper and plastic. There are two types of contraceptive coil: IUD (non-hormonal) and IUS (hormonal). It should generally last ...

A woman says she was left in excruciating pain after her coil was fitted at an NHS sexual ... women’s health procedures like having a contraceptive coil fitted, the 25-year-old told The Mirror ...

As a result, someone with important but less immediately pressing contraceptive needs – a woman who wanted to get her coil changed, for example – might be discouraged by how hard it is to get ...

On December 11 last year, the UK House of Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee published a parliamentary report exposing the poor state of reproductive healthcare in England. While media ...

"The most commonly used hormonal contraceptive, the combined oestrogen ... cannot be reduced should strongly consider a hormonal coil, because of its lack of associated increased stroke or heart ...

The only type of hormonal contraceptive not found to carry an increased risk was the hormonal coil, commonly called the Mirena coil. “Many types of medication, including some contraceptives, come with ...