Matthew Treviño and Emily Fletcher are self-described DINKWADs — double income, no kids, with a dog. The Sacramento couple, who met and work at UC Davis, are as committed to each other as they are to ...

Using birth control pills and other hormone-based contraceptives is known to elevate the risk of blood clots about three-fold, but a new study suggests that this risk largely goes away within two to ...

In the world of family planning, birth control methods have remained largely the same for men for decades, relying primarily on condoms and vasectomies. Hormonal birth control, shots and pills, on the ...

Certain types of birth control methods have been associated with reduced bone mineral density. The risk may be greater in people who start taking them during adolescence. Birth control medications ...

Six decades after the first oral contraceptive for women was approved in the United States, University of Minnesota researchers are one step closer to developing a non-hormonal birth control pill for ...

Matthew Treviño and Emily Fletcher have been participating in a clinical trial at UC Davis Health to test a reversible hormonal birth control gel for men. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis) Matthew Treviño and ...