Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times. 1  The Food and Drug Administration approved on Tuesday the first drug to treat a severe form of multiple sclerosis, offering hope to patients who previously had no other options to combat a relentless disease that leads to paralysis and cognitive decline.
1 Copper IUD. 2  The most commonly used IUD is the copper IUD (such as Paragard). 3  Copper wire is wound around the stem of the T-shaped IUD. 4  The copper IUD can stay in place for up to 10 years and is a highly effective form of contraception.
There are two main kinds of birth control pills â combination birth control pills, which contain estrogen and progestin, and the minipill, which contains only progestin. Combination birth control pills come in different mixtures of active and inactive pills, depending on how frequently you want to have periods: