Kaitlin Sullivan is a health and science journalist based in Colorado. She's been part of multiple award-winning investigations into health topics including the international medical device industry ...

The tenaculum might contribute to the discomfort women feel when getting an IUD. One company is testing an alternative. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta A growing number of women have opted to get an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. IUDs, or intrauterine devices, are an increasingly popular form of long-term birth control in the U.S. (Lou Benoist) The Centers ...

A classic tenaculum (left) to grab and pull the cervix during IUD insertions and the new tool Aspivix is offering to replace it (right). In August last year, the Center of Disease Control and ...

America's health care system is inherently sexist, especially when it comes to pain. Research has shown that female patients are consistently prescribed less pain-relieving medication than male ...

Advocates of better pain management for women undergoing gynecological procedures say minimizing women’s discomfort is “misogynistic” and has to stop. Two years ago, when B.C. began offering free ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued new guidance on managing pain during IUD insertion, but doctors say the updated advice — while a step in the right direction — doesn’t ...