The new Caya diaphragm pairs well with some spermicide and the oldest birth control method.
A new diaphragm, Caya, is one-size-fits-most, comfy to use, and works nicely in combination with other methods
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Features tagged with “spermicide”
A few clicks and presto...birth control shipped right to your door.
Sure, you can find lots of different over-the-counter birth control methods by stopping in at your local drugstore, Target, Walmart, or grocery store. But, there’s one place you might not have thought to check for easy access to cheap contraception: the Internet.
Sep
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The Caya diaphragm is new, improved, and on its way to health care provider near you. (Next up, some new spermicides to go with it, please.)
Just when we were starting to worry about fans of this old-school barrier method, the FDA has announced that it has cleared a new diaphragm for sale in the United States.
Your questions answered
Crib? Check. Lamaze classes? Check. Postpartum birth control plan? Make sure that’s on your checklist too.
by Aparna Sridhar, MD, MPH, FACOG
Planning for a baby can be overwhelming. But the real work starts when you get that newborn home—and the last thing you’re going to want to worry about is an unplanned pregnancy.
Could a new method to protect against both pregnancy and HIV be closer than we think?
A group of women and researchers are making good progress in their quest to design a new and improved diaphragm—they’re calling it SILCS and currently testing it with tenofovir, an HIV-fighting gel.