A recent Center for Disease Control and Prevention study of teen sex habits and attitudes revealed many thought-provoking trends and interesting statistics. The finding that seems to be getting the ...

The "rhythm method" may kill off more embryos than other contraceptive methods, such as coils, morning after pills, and oral contraceptives, suggests an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics. The ...

The rhythm or calendar method is a natural approach to birth control. It requires a person to monitor their menstrual cycle and signals from the body to estimate when sex is least likely to result in ...

Today’s teenagers are increasingly likely to use the rhythm method to prevent pregnancy and to have relaxed attitudes about unwed motherhood, according to a new government sex survey. The results, ...

Many people who are trying to get pregnant use period-tracking apps to figure out when they're most fertile. But does it work the other way around? Can your period tracker act as birth control? For ...

It’s high time we put the most enduring myths about human behavior to bed, and see the mind—and the world—as it is. For women trying not to get pregnant, life should be easy. Conception can only ...

Chances are, you’ve heard about the rhythm method - and chances are, you haven’t heard entirely good things. The contraception technique, which involves a heterosexual couple having sex based around ...