Paragard is a prescription device used to help prevent pregnancy. Paragard can cause side effects that range from mild to serious, including back pain and painful periods. Keep reading to learn about ...

Maeve McDermott loves her IUD. Actually, she says, she’s “obsessed” with it. “I always had issues with the various birth control pills I tried,” says McDermott, a 23-year-old Washington journalist.

When I was first introduced to the world of intrauterine devices (IUDs), I had decided that I no longer wanted to take birth-control pills and had began looking for ...

To continue our ongoing series of gynecological topics, I have decided to write about intrauterine devices (IUDs) as a form of birth control. Even though I learned about IUDs through many outlets (sex ...

Last month, New York City journalist Hayley MacMillen penned an open breakup letter to her IUD, ParaGard. In her own words, here were some of the pros: "I loved that you were non-hormonal and wouldn't ...

Copper-bearing intrauterine contraceptive device. Uterine abnormality. Uterine or cervical malignancy. Pelvic inflammatory disease or risk thereof. Postpartum or postabortal endometritis in the past 3 ...