Consultants, GPs, and nurses who specialise in sexual health will be able to “conscientiously object” on religious or moral grounds to prescribing contraception, under new professional guidelines. The ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are everywhere, literally. And with recent statistics suggesting 1 in 5 young adults are too embarrassed to get symptoms checked, it's easy to see how they ...

Trainee doctors and nurses can opt out of providing certain aspects of sexual and reproductive healthcare, but only if they can ensure that patients' needs are still being met, whatever their own ...

It's widely believed that weight gain is a common side-effect of various contraceptives, including the pill. But how much do you really know about what you should expect? Gaining weight is known to be ...

Barriers to emergency contraception should be removed, says Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Women should be given full control of their contraceptive needs by being allowed to buy the ...

The news comes after scientists dismissed the historic seven-day breaks originally brought in to appease the Catholic Church THE contraceptive pill can safely be taken every single day of the year, ...