I recently became sexually active, and I feel like it’s good idea for me to go on birth control. However, I have a medical condition that precludes me from using any medications that involve estrogen.

While the FDA has approved over 20 different categories of contraceptives, only two are available for men to prevent pregnancy in their partners—condoms and vasectomies. 25% of women who use ...

Women’s reproductive rights in the U.S. are narrowing. Meanwhile, 46% of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended, pointing to the stark evidence of the enduring need for access to effective, ...

BERKELEY, Calif. -- A Berkeley startup says it's developing the first hormone-free birth control for both men and women. Researchers from UC Berkeley founded YourChoice Therapeutics. They say they ...

By selectively blocking it, the drug pauses sperm production in a reversible way, without the hormone-related side effects seen in other male contraceptives. Right now, men have two main options when ...

A non-hormonal, reversible male contraceptive pill with very few side effects might not be as far off as previously thought, early human trial results suggest. In a first-in-human study, a drug called ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy released research Wednesday that lays the groundwork for the first hormone-free male birth control pill to enter clinical trials.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--YourChoice Therapeutics, Inc., pioneering hormone-free family planning products, today announced that Communications Medicine, a Nature Portfolio Journal, published the ...

A new male birth control method to reduce semen output offers results comparable to a vasectomy and may dispel the belief that contraception is a woman’s responsibility, researchers and experts ...

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