Birth control News

The contraceptive effect should be reversible because alpha4 is only found on mature sperm cells.

For the study, published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, the team included data from 16 high-quality observational studies involving more than 12,000 women worldwide. 

Researchers have said that a lesser menstrual cycle over the lifespan as well as earlier menopause could be the reason why women are more vulnerable to the risk of depression.

After the picture found way on the internet, questions were raised on the authenticity of the image.

The researchers from California National Primate Research Center in the US, said the contraceptive called Vasalgel provided effective birth control in rhesus monkey groups for more than one year.  

Fondly called `Doorbeen-wale bawa' in rural areas, Dr Pant works with the state government's health department and specialises in laproscopic sterilisation.

India is predicted to overtake China as the world's most populous nation by 2050.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that no Muslim family should adopt birth control measures, stressing that his country`s population will grow

By targeting this enzyme, its function gets inhibited. It, thus, decreases the sperm motility -- the sperm's ability to swim -- so that fertilisation cannot occur.

One compound that's been studied as a potential male contraceptive is testosterone.

Contrary to the days when contraceptives were rare, we are fortunate enough to live in a day and age where there are many birth control options available.  

Two drugs that help suppress the immune system in organ transplant patients may lead to a birth control "pill" for men that works by inhibiting the sperms' ability to penetrate an egg, a new study has found.