As I mentioned in my last post, HIMSS is always great for people watching and stumbling upon great new concepts and products. A chance encounter with Jason Hwang, founder of PolkaDoc, combined the two ...

Natural Cycles is bringing an important new feature to its millions of users.

In rural areas where access to women’s health services is often limited, apps like Nurx — which let users have their birth control pills delivered — show promise, according to NPR. Women who live in ...

The FDA approved marketing of the direct-to-consumer smartphone app Natural Cycles as a method of contraception to prevent pregnancy Aug. 10. The app, developed by the Swedish company Natural Cycles ...

Planned Parenthood has launched a pilot program for a service that prescribes birth control to women via video visits, powered by American Well, and then sends them either the pill, the patch or the ...

Hormonal oral contraception, or "the pill," is 99% effective when used perfectly – taken every day at the same time. But that's not always an easy goal to accomplish; in typical use, the average ...

Robin Young brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to her role as host of Here & Now. She is a Peabody ...

There's an app for almost everything we do. A new cell phone app has been certified as a method of birth control in the European Union. Similar to the rhythm method or natural planning, Natural Cycles ...

I was on birth control pills for around 14 years. When I finally tossed my last pack, I was surprised to learn just how irregular my cycles are. At first, I thought it was the effects of being on ...

The Food and Drug Administration took a big-tent approach earlier this month when it approved two new forms of birth control that seek to prevent pregnancy in very different ways. Women's health ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “While on hormonal birth control I noticed so many changes that I didn’t like ...