During her annual OB-GYN visit, Callie Anderson told her doctor she wanted to get off the birth-control pill. “We decided the best option for me was an IUD,” she said, referring to an intrauterine ...

During her annual OB-GYN visit, Callie Anderson asked about getting off the birth control pill. “We decided the best option for me was an IUD,” she said, referring to an intrauterine device, a ...

An IUD, or intrauterine device, is a type of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), and one of the most effective birth control options available. In addition to having a failure rate of less ...

CHICAGO — Teenage girls may prefer the pill, the patch or even wishful thinking, but their doctors should be recommending IUDs or hormonal implants — long-lasting and more effective birth control that ...

More patients want nonhormonal methods of birth control. Yet only one copper IUD is currently available in the United States.