COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark has reached a deal to compensate thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland over cases of forcible contraception carried out by health authorities over ...

When a patient undergoes conscious sedation, they are given pain and relaxation medications via an intravenous (IV) line in the arm. Unlike general anesthesia, the patient remains awake throughout the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When you’re on birth control, you expect that it’ll do what it’s designed to: prevent pregnancy. But no ...

The latest embedded world North America conference is in Anaheim this year (Nov. 4-6). It's not quite as big as the one in Nuremberg, Germany, but it's growing. We will add new content to this page as ...

I’m a big proponent of IUDs. The birth control option, formally known as an intrauterine device, lasts years (between three and 12, depending on the type) and it’s a “set it and forget it” solution.

Charlotte Freed first got a hormonal IUD when she was a teenager. She wasn't sexually active at the time, but she wanted to be protected from pregnancy before she started college. This was also a time ...

A new medical device coming the United States could be a game-changer for some women's health procedures, such as IUD insertion. Carevix is the world’s first suction-based cervical stabilizer, ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Clinicians should counsel patients on various pain management options for in-office uterine and cervical procedures, like intrauterine device (IUD) insertion, according to a new ...

College students are meeting with “embedded” counselors in residence halls and academic buildings, with promising results. By Christina Caron As a child, Xiomara Garcia, 21, assumed that attending a ...

Two sister Senators were shut down during testimony. A speaker colorfully insulted the bill’s sponsor before being escorted out. An OBGYN provided a sex education lesson to state Senators. And a large ...