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Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Women who have gonorrhea can pass it to their baby during a vaginal delivery. The surest way to ...

Chlamydia

If you’re diagnosed with and treated for chlamydia or any other sexually transmitted disease, tell all your recent sex partners so they can see a d...

What is Tubal Ligation?

Tubal ligation is surgery women can get to 'tie” their fallopian tubes. You may have pain in your belly for a few days after the procedure. It depe...

Female Condoms

Twist the open end closed so that the semen stays inside and gently pull it out. Compare that to 2 out of 100 women whose partners always use male ...

Birth Control Pill and Breast Cancer Risk

Similar research found that 10 years or more after women stopped using birth control pills, their breast cancer risk returned to the same level as ...

Birth Control and The IUD (Intrauterine Device)

If you’re looking into your options for birth control, one method you may want to think about is the IUD. In rare cases, the size or shape of your ...

Getting Your Tubes Tied: Pros, Cons, what to Know

Tubal ligation -- also known as having your tubes tied -- is a kind of surgery that will keep you from ever getting pregnant. Only about one in 200...

Guide to Spermicide

Although you can use spermicide alone, it works better when you combine it with a condom or diaphragm. Spermicide condoms prevent pregnancy 87% of ...

Birth Control Pills

With continuous birth control pill use, you take an active pill every day and never have a period. But effects vary in part because the amount and ...

Condoms

A condom is a thin, fitted tube worn over the penis during sex (male condoms) or inserted into the vagina before sex (female condoms). That number ...

Anal Sex Safety: what to Know

Anal sex is the term used for any sexual activity that involves the anus.

Guide to The Female Reproductive System

It produces the female egg cells necessary for reproduction, called the ova or oocytes. In addition, the female reproductive system produces female...