Natural Cycles launches wristband to replace thermometers for its FDA-cleared birth control app

The company behind the controversial app launched a wristband that tracks your temperature, heart rate, and movement while you sleep.

‘The most feminist thing you can do for yourself is not take birth control’: The shifting politics of the pill

Kristan Hawkins is not what you might call a unifying figure. The founder and leader of Students for Life of America, a grassroots anti-abortion network, Hawkins travels to college campuses for ...

The journey of the molecule behind a male birth control pill

A newly published manuscript authored by Dr. Gunda Georg, YourChoice Therapeutics and Columbia University Medical Center ...
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I gave birth to my baby, then I checked my work email. I thought I was in control, until I nearly lost myself.

Camille Seigle is a consultant who helps individuals and organizations unlock their potential. She co-authored a book with Ali Mann Stevens, inspired by their postpartum experiences. This essay is an ...
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Teen Birth Control Counseling Falls Short of Adult Care Standards, National Survey Shows

Person-centered contraceptive counseling (PCCC) was received by only one third of adolescents aged 15-19 years compared with nearly half of adults aged ≥ 25 years, yet adolescents who received PCCC ...
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Behind the scenes: Creating a hormone-free male birth control pill

Gunda Georg and Narshimulu Cheryala, who directed much of the lab work to develop YCT-529 Around the world, roughly 121 million unintended pregnancies occurred each year between 2015 and 2019. Of ...
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The holy war over birth control

There are slightly complicated procedural and legalistic issues involved, but the bigger question is why employer-provided contraception coverage is so important as to require these legal battles to ...
Newsweek

Pfizer Issue Warning Over Birth Control Shot After Link to Brain Tumors

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a major safety update to the label of Depo-Provera, a widely used birth control injection. Nearly 2,000 women have filed lawsuits against ...
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FDA Adds Brain Tumor Warning to Depo-Provera Birth Control Shot

The decision comes as Pfizer faces lawsuits from more than 1000 women who say the company knew about the risks and didn’t warn them. The agency signed off last week on a label update for 2 versions of ...
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FDA adds brain tumor warning to Depo-Provera birth control shot

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new safety warning for Depo-Provera, a widely used birth control shot made by Pfizer, alerting patients to a possible risk for a type of brain ...
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FDA Will Put Brain Tumor Warning On Depo-Provera Birth Control Shot

Pfizer, which makes the shot, is fighting a lawsuit from more than 1,000 women who claim the company knew about the risk of meningiomas but failed to warn patients. Meanwhile, former Vice President ...