The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued updated recommendations for doctors offering birth control to their patients, including a new plea for doctors to give women more options of ...

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are becoming more popular among women who are opting for long-lasting, cost-effective birth control. However, the insertion process can be nerve-wracking and frightening.

Countless patients have suffered through in-office gynecological procedures like IUD insertions or cervical biopsies, with nothing more than ibuprofen and white knuckles. Pain is complex and ...

Gynecology nurse practitioner Stephanie Edwards-Latchu has performed over 450 intrauterine device insertions. Some women will barely notice when the device is placed, she said, but others report the ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Aileen Gariepy of Weill Cornell Medicine about the new federal guidance that advises doctors to consider pain management for IUD insertion pain. It's well-documented ...

One of the most effective birth control options is also known for the excruciatingly painful procedure to insert it. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Women are increasingly turning to the intrauterine ...

Melissa Stewart is no stranger to pain. The Memphis-based attorney has lupus, and during flare-ups, feels radiating pain in their jaw and head. But some of the worst pain that Stewart has ever ...

As videos describing the procedure as agonizing spread on social media, new guidelines advise physicians to consider various anesthetics. By Teddy Rosenbluth In recent years, the process of getting an ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced updated guidelines for managing pain from inserting a popular form of birth control called an intrauterine device, or IUD. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Updated CDC recommendations state lidocaine for IUD insertion “might be useful” for reducing patient pain. The ...