Women around the world have been using various methods of contraception to prevent an unplanned pregnancy. Other contraceptive methods like condom have failed to live up to the expectation of effective protection due to contraceptive accidents such as condom tear and condom slip. The introduction...

Women in today's society are largely dependent on oral contraceptive pills, also known as birth control pills, for preventing conception. Based on the type of hormones present, birth control pills are divided into combination pills and mini pills.

Combination pills are named as su...

In the recent years, there has been an increase in the number of teen couples who indulge in regular unprotected sexual activity. The fear of accidental pregnancy has resulted in an upsurge in the use of various forms of contraceptive methods. Hormonal contraceptive methods are the most common fo...

Genital warts are widely prevalent sexually transmitted infection (STIs) that have been experienced by millions of sexually active people. It is a condition in which you experience the rise of skin mounds in the genital area. It occurs both in the case of men and women. It is transmitted from an ...

Gonorrhoea is the second most commonly spread bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STIs). It is caused due to unprotected vaginal, oral or anal sexual contact with an infected person. The bacterium which is the prime reason of causing gonorrhoea is known as neisseria gonorrhoea. This infect...

There are millions of smokers who attempt to quit smoking every year, but only a small percentage succeed in doing so. The reason being the harmful addiction and pleasure derived from nicotine present in cigarette tobacco. Nicotine is a harmful addictive component which passes through your lungs ...

The majority of the population all over the world have an unhealthy habit of smoking. Many of them try using different quit smoking aids in order to quit smoking and many fail due to lack of will-power and a proper guidance. If you are serious about giving up smoking for a better tomorrow, then y...

Sexually transmitted infections used to be quite difficult to treat. As a result the people who contracted these infections suffered a great deal. However, as time passed, various medications were discovered which have proven to be effective in the treatment of these STIs. The STIs, which can eit...

The new age oral contraceptive pills are of two types – combined oral contraceptive pills also known as the pills and progestin-only pills or mini pills. The basic difference between these types of contraceptive pills is that the combined oral contra...

A safe contraception method is what married couples look for in order to prevent unexpected pregnancy. The sexually active people do not want to rely on any means which fails to give them complete assurance. This is the reason the use of condoms has lowered as compared to other forms of contrace...