U.S. Condom, IUD Use Increasing; Pill Remains Most Popular Contraceptive, CDC Reports

U.S. women and their partners are increasingly using contraception when they have premarital sex for the first time, although about half of all pregnancies in the U.S. remain unintended because rates of unprotected sex overall are fairly high, according to the National Survey of Family Growth released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the New York Times reports…

Newsweek Examines Increased IUD Use Among Younger Women

The popularity of the intrauterine device as a contraceptive method has increased significantly for a new generation of sexually active women, thanks in part to the FDA’s 2005 decision to broaden the approval of intrauterine devices to women who have not had children, Newsweek reports…

Hormone-Release IUD Better Than Hysterectomy For Many Women

A new study from Finland shows that women who have used a hormone-releasing intra-uterine device fared better than those who had undergone a hysterectomy, indicating the potential to reduce the number of these invasive – and often distressing – operations…

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