The diaphragm is a barrier method of birth control. It is moderately effective, with a one-year failure rate of around 12% with typical use. It is placed...

effective methods include physical barriers such as condoms, diaphragms and birth control sponges and fertility awareness methods. The least effective...

that passes Diaphragm (acoustics), a thin, semi-rigid membrane that vibrates to produce or transmit sound waves Diaphragm (birth control), a small rubber...

The history of birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, refers to the methods or devices that have been historically used to prevent...

person having the abortion. This law also forbade the "propaganda of any birth control methods" The Catholic church was heavily against any methods of contraception...

their pessary. United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries Diaphragm (birth control) Suppository "Pessaries - Treatments". Voices for PFD. Retrieved...

The birth control movement in the United States was a social reform campaign beginning in 1914 that aimed to increase the availability of contraception...

pill (COCP), often referred to as the birth control pill or colloquially as "the pill", is a type of birth control that is designed to be taken orally by...

defects, malformed head, and defects of the neural tube, kidneys, and diaphragm. Facial clefts may be accompanied by other facial anomalies such as abnormally...

Birth control in the United States is available in many forms. Some of the forms available at drugstores and some retail stores are male condoms, female...

effective birth control methods (such as IUD) in situations where STI protection is also desired. Other barrier methods, such as diaphragms may provide...

(CDH) is a birth defect of the diaphragm. The most common type of CDH is a Bochdalek hernia; other types include Morgagni hernia, diaphragm eventration...

American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She popularized the term "birth control", opened the first birth control clinic in...

hymen with a mirror before using a menstrual cup. Cervical cap Diaphragm (birth control) Menstrual Hygiene Day Period underwear "Menstrual Cup Materials...

traditions such as Laestadian Lutheran Churches, do not permit the use of birth control and may teach Quiverfull doctrine, which holds that Christians should...

Although some safe sex practices (like condoms) can also be used as birth control (contraception), most forms of contraception do not protect against...

the pubic symphysis and the coccyx. The perineum is below the pelvic diaphragm and between the legs. It is a diamond-shaped area that includes the anus...

"diaphragm". A partial objection to this claim is that most women do not know how to voluntarily control these muscles, and that some size diaphragms do...

not involving Brittany's upper right lobe; three pleural cavities 1 diaphragm with well coordinated involuntary breathing, slight central defect 2 stomachs...

the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology compared it with the diaphragm and found that the Today sponge was a "safe and acceptable method of contraception...

provided insurance for prescription drugs to their employees but excluded birth control were violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964. President Obama signed...

successor of the Dutch Neo-Malthusian League, a birth control organisation which opened the first birth control clinic in the world in 1881, in Amsterdam....

of the external genitals. There are many types of birth control available to females. Birth control can be hormonal or physical in nature. Oral contraception...

Pennsylvania Birth Control League and opened a birth control clinic in Philadelphia. In the early decades of the 20th century, the diaphragm was used with...

as its use was controlled and decided upon by men alone. They advocated instead for methods controlled by women, such as diaphragms and spermicidal douches...

the strongest predictor of preterm birth. Several methods of contraception involve the cervix. Cervical diaphragms are reusable, firm-rimmed plastic devices...

McLaren, "Birth Control: The Diaphragm," in Eyewitness to Science (Harvard University Press, 1995), p. 175; Katz, "The History of Birth Control in the United...

birth, decreasing to 12–20 breaths per minute in adults. Several factors affect lung volumes; some can be controlled, and some cannot be controlled....

hemispheres. Two other dural infoldings are the cerebellar falx and the sellar diaphragm: The cerebellar falx (falx cerebelli) is a vertical dural infolding that...

inhalation. When the diaphragm relaxes, the reverse happens and the person exhales. If a person loses part or all of the ability to control the muscles involved...