OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says he's looking forward to signing more pharmacare deals with provinces and territories "in the coming days" — and opposition parties should rethink their ...

It’s typically used with misoprostol, which causes contractions and bleeding. In the study, 133 women who were up to nine weeks’ pregnant took a 60 milligram dose of ulipristal acetate, the active ...

“You’ll reach the end of the pack sooner than before, but this won’t affect contraception.” Let’s set up an example scenario and break it down: You usually take your pill at 7 a.m. every da ...

Just in case you thought stitching yourself up was hard: Plastic surgeon Chen Weinong in Taiwan made men of the world wince after giving himself a vasectomy on camera, as seen in Instagram footage ...

To find one near you, try Googling “lower cost birth control near me” or “Title X family planning clinic in [insert your city here].” Many cities have LGBTQIA+ centers that offer family ...

Birth control pills can relieve symptoms by keeping the body in a steady hormonal state. Even so, spotting affects up to 50% of women with endometriosis during the first three to nine months of ...

All full-time undergraduate and graduate students will be enrolled in the university-endorsed Student Insurance Plan and the cost will be billed to your student account in two installments (fall and ...

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The administration of outgoing President Joe Biden has withdrawn proposed regulations that could have required employer-sponsored health plans to pay for over-the-counter contraceptives.

New research has highlighted a notable shift in contraception use from traditional hormonal contraceptives, such as the pill, to fertility awareness-based methods, also known as natural ...

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The number of women seeking abortions because “natural” contraception has failed has risen sixfold over five years, a new study shows. Experts said the trend was being fuelled by “hormone ...