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Birth control
Can birth control make my acne better?
Whether you deal with acne all month or just around your period, birth control may be able to help.
Birth control
Essure update: FDA recommends new warnings
The FDA is recommending words of caution for the label of this permanent birth control method.
IUD
Thinking about an IUD or an implant? Go for it
If you’ve been on the fence about trying long-acting birth control, there’s no time like the present.
Birth control
A guide to birth control when you’re in the military
Active-duty servicemembers can get their birth control method without copays.
Birth control
Are guys big whiners or does hormonal birth control for men actually suck?
Another day, another male birth control method that won't make it to market. But let's not blame the dudes.
"Not right now"
5 myths about virginity, busted
The answers to all your questions about virginity and its mythical guardian, the hymen.
"Not right now"
How to get intimate without getting it on
7 ideas for spicing things up
Birth control
Does hormonal birth control cause depression?
A new study found a link between hormonal birth control methods and depression. Here's why interpreting this research is effing complicated.
Birth control
IUD update: Kyleena and LILETTA
New and improved IUDs are coming soon to a health care provider near you.
Birth control pill
Pill perk: protection against ovarian cancer
A drop in rates of death from ovarian cancer is yet another reason to say "thanks, birth control."
IUD
Will an IUD make your period go away?
It may depend on what your period was like before you got one.
Birth control
Know your rights: Anti-discrimination protections in the ACA
Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act may not have the sexiest name, but it gets us awfully excited.
