The new approach delivers the contraceptive hormonal medication levonorgestrel via what the researchers call “Self-assembling Long-acting Injectable Microcrystals” (SLIM). Once injected into the body, ...

Planned Parenthood has termed the implant as the “get-it-and-forget-it birth control”. It is a small, thin rod which a trained medical practitioner inserts into your arm. Unlike pills and ...

In a bid to create a less invasive and more accessible form of birth control, scientists have created ... which are able to self-assemble to form an implant. According to a new study introducing ...

If the only kind of birth control you’ve used are condoms ... methods preferred by Gen Zers. Implant The implant, or ...

But if you're on a birth control method like an IUD or implant, then it's not necessary. This is because IUDs and implants are more than 99% effective on their own. Whether they're having casual ...

Birth control is also known as contraception ... It is put into your uterus (womb) by the doctor. Implantable rod − A matchstick-sized rod that contains hormones. It is put under the skin ...

If you started using the transdermal patch (Xulane), birth control implant (Nexplanon), or hormonal IUD (Kyleena, Liletta, Mirena, and Skyla) within the first five days of your period, there's no ...