Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women who received a contraceptive implant 30 minutes, 72 hours or 6 weeks after delivery all achieved ...

With so many different contraception options available, it can be difficult to know what will suit you - and what the side effects might be. While the contraceptive pill is the most popular ...

Contraceptive implants and IUDs are very effective in preventing pregnancy — nearly 100 percent, statistics show. A new federal survey finds many more women are making this choice than did a decade ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

A woman in her late 30s presented with a complaint of not being able to palpate the subdermal contraceptive implant in her left arm, which was inserted 6 years earlier. An x-ray revealed a ...

Etonogestrel-releasing contraceptive implants in women with sickle cell disease significantly reduced pain intensity and frequency of pain crises over 12 months, with no adverse changes in metabolic ...

Deciding on a birth control method is a big step, and if you're considering a contraceptive implant, you’re making a choice that offers long-term protection. A contraceptive implant is a small, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel technology would allow for nonsurgical injection of the long-acting contraceptive levonorgestrel. If ...

Researchers are developing an injection that creates a contraceptive implant in the body using an approach that could herald a new way of delivering drugs over long periods of time. Current ...

WASHINGTON (Circa) — A Circa investigation uncovered unsettling complications related to a popular birth control implant that's designed to prevent pregnancy for years. Nexplanon, a matchstick-sized ...

A contraceptive implant also known as a “birth control implant” is a small flexible rod-like device (1.6 inches long) that is inserted into the inner area of the arm. Its release of hormone progestin ...