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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The oral contraceptive pill may protect women from heart disease and some cancers, scientists suggest.
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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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Taking the contraceptive pill greatly reduces women's risk of ovarian cancer and continues to protect them for at least 30 years after they stop taking it, research has shown.
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LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale) - British teenagers will be able to get text messages about contraception and safe sex as part of a campaign to reduce the high number of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, a charity announced.
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Alternative therapies such as reflexology and herbal supplements may reduce a woman's chance of getting pregnant, experts said Wednesday.
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England's strategy to reduce teenage  pregnancies is working but the pace of decline is not enough to  meet its target of halving the rate of conceptions by the end  of the decade, scientists said on Friday.
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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.
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Nearly one in three Britons think that  if a woman jumps up and down, washes or urinates immediately  after sex, she can prevent pregnancy, a survey revealed Monday.
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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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Easy access to a "morning after pill" for contraception does not influence the degree to which women have unprotected sex, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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WOMEN on the birth control pill have surprisingly lower risks of heart disease, strokes and cancer, according to the largest women&#39;s health study ever done.
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Â·  Steady increase in overall success rate Â·  Watchdog's warning on delaying children
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A study pins declining US teenage pregnancy rates on better use of contraception - not abstinence.
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-- It sounds far-fetched _ sticking needles in women to help them become pregnant _ but a scientific review suggests that acupuncture might improve the odds of conceiving if done right before or after embryos are placed in the womb.
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Wider but still restricted access to the morning-after pill may not have the dramatic effect on unintended pregnancy and abortion rates touted by some advocates, reproductive health experts say.
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NEW YORK  - In a proactive program where women can keep on hand at all times at least two free packages of emergency contraceptives -- also known as the morning-after pill or Plan B -- the pregnancy rates are no lower than when women have normal access to emergency contraception, study results suggest.