In a changing health care landscape, understanding all available options for emergency contraception has become more important than ever. While Plan B remains widely known, medical experts want to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doctors say that increased access to emergency contraception is crucial for women. (Getty Images) (areeya_ann via Getty Images) ...

Dec. 5, 2002 — A single dose of levonorgestrel, 1.5 mg, was as effective for emergency contraception as two divided doses 12 hours apart or as a single 10-mg dose of mifepristone, according to the ...

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FILE - An abortion- rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March ...

Sales of emergency contraception surge after New Year’s Eve, and experts say unprotected sex may be to blame. In a British Medical Journal study published last year, researchers looked at marketing ...

Dermatologists should be aware of laws regarding emergency contraception in their state when prescribing isotretinoin at initial visit. Should dermatologists prescribe emergency contraception at ...

EU regulators have announced they are initiating a review of emergency contraceptives like Teva's Plan B One-Step following reports that the drug may lose effectiveness in women who are overweight or ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A copper intrauterine device was 100 percent effective at emergency contraception in a study of almost 2000 Chinese women who had the device implanted up to 5 days after ...

The reproductive health landscape in the U.S. keeps shifting, particularly since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. Access to medications such as birth control and emergency contraception is also ...

Unprotected sex on New Year’s Eve may be driving a spike in sales of emergency contraception after the holiday, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal. In the study, ...