What if, for once, contraception was no longer almost exclusively a woman's business? A small revolution is brewing in scientific research with the YCT-529 pill, a hormone-free male contraceptive that ...

Scientists have announced a breakthrough in the development of a male contraceptive that essentially ‘freezes’ sperm for an hour. But questions still abound, writes Eloise Hendy, from its ...

The Challenge of a Male Birth Control Pill. Research shows that many men would welcome the choice of a hormone-based male birth control pill. Depending on who you ask, up to 83% say they'd use it.

Male contraceptive pills have been a topic of interest for several years, but their development has been slow. These pills aim to prevent unwanted pregnancies by inhibiting the production or ...

A brand new type of male contraceptive has begun its first trial, and unlike many contraceptives, doesn't involve any hormones. A group of 16 British men are involved in the trial of the pill ...

Male contraceptives have traditionally been limited to condoms and vasectomies. Now scientists have demonstrated a promising new method that takes the form of a pill that can be taken just before ...

A question of ethics. To get to grips with why side effects are so much less acceptable in male contraceptive pills, it helps to go back to when the female combined pill was first developed ...

Researchers have been hard at work on a number of male contraceptives, some of which could hit the market in the next couple of decades. Options include a hormone-free birth-control pill, an ...

Birth control has traditionally fallen to women, but researchers say a new temporary and “on demand” male contraceptive pill could turn the tables on safe sex.

New male contraceptive is safe, effective and reversible Study in mice shows that after a period without drug treatment, the test subjects recovered to become fertile again Vishwam Sankaran ...