Tag: Birth Control

  • Nation & World

    Birth control for cats?

    A single dose of a naturally occurring hormone prevented ovulation and conception in female cats for at least two years.

    4 minutes
    Kittens in the wild.
  • Nation & World

    Oral contraceptives don’t increase risk of birth defects

    Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, according to a new study by researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Poor fall behind in birth control

    Modern contraception has come a long way in the past 20 years, what with diaphragms, hormones, implants, intrauterine devices, condoms, spermicides, and sterilization. But the boom in birth control has been a bust for the poorest women in the world.

    3 minutes