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Contraceptives like the pill may be effective, but messing with hormones has a range of unpleasant side effects. Now researchers are experimenting with a new non-hormonal contraceptive based on antibodies, which stops sperm swimming through mucus.Conti… Continue reading Non-hormonal contraceptive supercharges antibodies against sperm
When it comes to contraceptives, men typically have to remember to use a condom, or get a difficult-to-reverse vasectomy. There may soon be a new option, however, in the form of injected particles that are magnetically guided to the testes.Continue Rea… Continue reading Magnetically guided particles temporarily lower sperm count in mice
For decades, women have largely carried the responsibility for contraception thanks to the pill, but a male equivalent has long eluded scientists. Now a new breakthrough could lead to a safe, effective and reversible male contraceptive pill, as a compo… Continue reading Breakthrough male contraceptive pill derived from Chinese medicine
Why use three separate products, when just one will do the trick? That’s the thinking behind an experimental new contraceptive gel that combines a spermicide, an anti-viral agent and a libido enhancer in one formulation.Continue ReadingCategory: Health… Continue reading Contraceptive gel made to kill sperm and viruses while boosting libido
The goal is to get more women better access to reproductive care by making it easier and more convenient. Continue reading Pharmacists in These Three States Can Now Prescribe Birth Control
From Felicity, to Friends, to Sex and the City, late 90s TV was obsessed with the diaphragm. Continue reading 90s Sitcoms Were Strangely Obsessed With This Unpopular Form of Birth Control