Thousands of women in Greenland, including some as young as 12, had a contraceptive device implanted in their womb - often without consent - as part of a Danish campaign to control Greenland's growing ...

Hormonal coils have become increasingly popular in recent years, but a recent study found an unexpected association between the hormonal coil and an increased risk of breast cancer. Although the ...

When Molly*, 29, went to get the copper coil, her doctor said that in a previous fitting, they had ruptured a patient’s uterus wall. “They assured me that it had only happened once and it was years ...

Imagine it: your contraceptive implant is due to be replaced so you contact the sexual health clinic where you got it, only to be told there are no appointments for four months. You visit your GP – ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and American College of Surgeons has recommended that, as entering a hospital or medical setting could really pose a risk to your health, elective and ...

The survey of more than 3,000 women, commissioned by The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), found nearly four in 10 women have been unable to access contraception services ...

A woman who had undergone a caesarean wrongly had a coil inserted that had been intended for a different patient, it has been revealed. The blunder was revealed in a report about "never events" in the ...

"You sweat profusely and you feel violently sick and you're crying out, the pain is so bad." Gail Adams, 48, says delays in having a coil fitted left her in "excruciating" pain with endometriosis, and ...

Hannah, a 24-year-old student from west Surrey, is among this number. She is now dealing with painful and life-changing vaginismus after a coil fitting which, she says, left her "in agony". Vaginismus ...

A new mother was mistakenly fitted with a contraceptive coil in a surgery mix-up at an NHS hospital in Wales, it has been revealed. The contraceptive blunder came just minutes after the woman had a ...

Sadia Aslam had no idea her life would change beyond recognition after getting a contraceptive device fitted, leaving her “crippled in pain” and needing a hysterectomy. “I would be waking up [feeling] ...