When Lindsey Boynton was offered the option to give herself her birth control shot at home, she was surprised the option even existed. The method — self-injected subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Approximately 19 million U.S. women of childbearing age reside in what are known as “contraceptive deserts” due to geographic, political, economic and social barriers to birth control.

Injectable birth control gives many women discreet pregnancy prevention that lasts for months. However, a March 2024 study ...

Self-administered injectable contraceptives have been available in the United States for more than two decades, yet a new study has found only about a quarter of reproductive health experts prescribe ...

Self-administered injectable contraception has been available in the U.S. for more than two decades, yet a new study found that only about a quarter of reproductive health experts prescribe it — and ...

One in four sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain ...

Women in America and the United Kingdom are taking legal action against Pfizer and other birth control producers after a study indicated that injectable contraceptives were found to cause brain tumors ...

Guests and partners in the launch of private sector Depo Medroxy Progesterone Subcutaneous( DMPA- SC) contraceptive which is self-injected. [ Jenipher Wachie, Standard] Pharmacies will now serve as ...

Women who used progestogen contraceptives had a significantly increased risk of meningioma, including oral and injectable progestogen formulations and intrauterine devices (IUDs), a large Danish study ...

Barrier and hormonal contraception methods only temporarily prevent pregnancy. Once a person stops using these methods, the body’s natural fertility will typically resume. Sterilization methods, such ...