birth-control-pills Archives

IUD insertions can hurt — a lot. Can Canada learn from new U.S. pain management guidelines?

The first time Devon Cantwell-Chavez had a long-lasting form of birth control inserted — an intrauterine device, or IUD — it was a smooth, painless experience. That was in 2018, …

Periods are a nightmare in Gaza’s crowded, unsanitary camps. Women are using birth control to skip them

by Walter Watson

Crouched inside her makeshift tent at a camp in Rafah, Samah El-Nazli fidgets as she recalls what her living conditions have been like since the war began. The mother of …

Canada’s 2022 fertility rate lowest on record, StatsCan reports

by Akin Smith

Canada’s total fertility rate dropped to its lowest point in more than a century of data-keeping in 2022, hitting just 1.33 children per woman, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The 7.4 …