When it comes to birth control, most women think about preventing pregnancy, but what if we told you that your contraceptive ...

The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for ...

While the classification was made over a decade ago, viral posts on social media have claimed that the birth control pill has ...

If you're sexually active and don't want to get pregnant right now, birth control is one of the most effective tools available. Understanding what your options are, and how to get access ...

Care gaps in women’s health are closing, thanks to increased cultural awareness of gendered healthcare disparities, according ...

The relationship between hormone therapy (oestrogen with or without progestogen) and breast cancer risk has been widely ...

Investigators found that the use of hormonal contraception prescriptions fell from nearly 19% in 2018 to just over 11% in 2023. Use of long-acting reversible contraceptive implants fell from 3% to ...

“We have thought that one contraceptive mechanism by which hormonal IUDs work is through thickening cervical mucus; this serves as a barrier to sperm,” Hugh S. Taylor, MD, a professor of Ob ...

I opted for a contraceptive patch at the end of 2024 because I’d used it for years in my 20s, and although I’d experienced some side effects — nausea and sore breasts come to mind — they ...

Compared to no use, hormonal contraceptive initiation was associated with subsequent depression (adjusted HR 1.49, 95% CI 1.42-1.56), and the absolute risk of depression at 12 months postpartum ...

The most commonly used combined hormonal contraception was levonorgestrel (1,298,214 females), while 42,540 used a vaginal ring and 6903 used a patch.

In June 2023, a law was enacted in Connecticut to allow pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control pills and patches directly to consumers. This new health care service has the promise of ...