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Healthcare provider talking with female patient in exam room

September 16, 2025/Women's Health

Can You Get Pregnant on Birth Control?

Birth control medications are more than 99% effective, but only when used properly

Female looking over their shoulder, with oversized tube of gel and x'd out sperm

October 28, 2024/Women's Health

Birth Control Gel: Effectiveness and How It Works

Birth control gel is simple to use and an effective method for preventing pregnancy

Doctor and patient discuss birth control options that are displayed behind in background.

May 11, 2023/Women's Health

A Guide to Birth Control in Your 40s and 50s

Some birth control can hide perimenopausal symptoms

September 8, 2022/Women's Health

Do the Benefits of an IUD Outweigh the Potential Side Effects?

Today’s IUDs are safe and effective

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A close up of someone holding birth control pills

April 4, 2022/Women's Health

6 Safe Ways To Stop Your Period

Keeping a steady level of hormones is key in preventing a period

December 8, 2021/Women's Health

What Is the Birth Control Patch?

Find out if this method of preventing pregnancy is right for you

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