Natural family planning 'effective'
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A natural family planning method is as effective as the contraceptive pill, German research suggests.
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Overweight and obese women are 60 to 70 per cent more likely to get pregnant while taking an oral contraceptive than the women of normal weight, a new study shows.
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Women who take multivitamins before becoming pregnant are less likely to give birth to premature babies, new study findings suggest.
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Statiscians reviewing a study on oral contraceptive use find the study&#39;s claims that birth control pills reduce the risk of heart disease and does not increase the risk of heart cancer are wrong.
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A technique that teaches women to track their vaginal secretions cues them when they are most likely to get pregnant, and offers a "valuable addition " to family planning, according to researchers.
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A program aimed at cutting rates of sexually transmitted disease among minority women at heightened risk seems to have lasting benefits, according to a new study.
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Ben &amp; Jerry might help you get pregnant, but not in the usual way. A diet rich in ice cream and other high-fat dairy foods may lower the risk of one type of infertility, a study suggests. It sounds too good to be true and probably is, some doctors say.
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Scientists are working on a contraceptive treatment which would stop men producing sperm.
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Women who take folic acid supplements for at least a year before becoming pregnant can greatly reduce their risk of delivering a baby prematurely, researchers said on Thursday.
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Taking the contraceptive pill does not increase a woman's chance of developing cancer and could even reduce the risk of getting the killer disease, a major British medical study showed on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - More than 90 percent of women between 15 and 24 years old consider contraceptive "morning after pills" to be safe and effective, according to a new report. However, the findings also show that easy accessibility to emergency contraception influences whether it is used promptly.
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Oral contraceptives appear to prevent heart disease and some cancers in women, according to the largest study into the long-term health impact of the Pill.
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The birth of 13 Italian children from frozen eggs has marked a step towards routine use of the reproductive approach. Egg freezing, along with ovary freezing, promises to help women preserve their fertility
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- The plant estrogens found in soy don't impair fertility in female monkeys.
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NEW YORK  - If women are trying to conceive, they may have more success when they use the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor (Unipath), UK and US researchers report in the medical journal Fertility and Sterility.
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The Pill, can reduce your risk of cancer and heart disease, a new study finds. Researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit used information from 162,000 women in the most comprehensive study on long term contraception.
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One of the largest studies carried out on the oral contraceptive pill has found it might protect women from heart disease and cancers of the ovaries and womb.