Consider the condom: It is simple. It seems easy to use. It is cheap and available. More important, it rarely fails as a birth control method and effectively prevents the spread of most sexually ...

Department of Defense health surveillance data continue to reflect that sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, are widespread among both men and women in the military. Both the military and the ...

This story was reviewed by Kelly Brown MD, MBA. Wearing a condom is a great way to prevent pregnancy and the only option for protecting against STIs and STDs (besides abstinence). But they’re not ...

Male condoms are 98% effective with perfect use and 85% effective with typical use. Female condoms are slightly less effective — 95% with perfect use and 79% typically. People make mistakes with ...

The CDC tweeted out a warning against reusing and washing condoms Condoms are single-use products and should not be reused or washed, ever. Washing or reusing condoms can actually lower the ...

When it comes to contraception, the male condom remains one of the most popular options out there. This makes sense, considering they are so readily available, and fairly easy to use. Still, there are ...

Due to the endlessly creative ways we inadvertently harm ourselves, health officials felt compelled to step in to reduce unintentional injury. In the year of using condoms not how they were intended, ...

Despite the fact that more than 20m of them are used daily, 70 per cent of men don’t know how to sheath correctly To some Nairobians, condom use is as easy as putting on socks. No instructions needed.