Social media users advising women to get IUDs before Trump takes office. — -- Online searches for long-acting birth control devices spiked significantly in the hours after the presidential ...

While catching up with a friend, Mallory Tatman discovered they were both getting intrauterine device (IUD) insertions in the coming weeks. But, the experience that followed was jarring. “I figured it ...

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are a popular form of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), offering effective and low-maintenance birth control for women. According to the Centers for Disease ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended new pain management strategies for the placement of intrauterine devices, following years of complaints from women who rely on them for ...

The pinching pains Sandy Hill felt in her abdomen were a pretty good clue: Something was definitely not right. A few days earlier, Sandy, a 36-year-old marketing executive from Boston, had been fitted ...

The nurse practitioner who inserted my IUD worked with the precision and speed of someone on a pit crew. Or, really—just someone working in the gynecology department of a student clinic at one of the ...

As Nicole Marpaung lay on an exam table, the 22-year-old turned on her phone camera to record the experience of getting an intrauterine device, or IUD. In the video, a clinician tells her to expect ...

IUDs — intrauterine devices — are one of the most effective forms of birth control, and data from the Food and Drug Administration found that they’re better at preventing pregnancy than the pill or ...

Medically reviewed by Cordelia Nwankwo, MD IUDs are more than 99% effective at preventing pregnancy.With hormonal IUDs, you ...

In either case, the IUD is more than 99% effective in preventing pregnancy, making it one of the most effective forms of birth control. It’s not something you have to remember to take (like the pill ...

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