Studies on a male birth control pill were stopped because men complained about the same side effects that women regularly experience.

The combination birth control pills, manufactured by Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, were recalled last month due to potential ...

An experimental, hormone-free male birth control pill has just passed its first safety test in humans. The trial included 16 people and was only intended to test whether the drug reached adequate ...

The daily pill, called Opill, was first approved by the FDA as a prescription in 1973. The pill's manufacturer, Paris-based HRA Pharma, said the contraceptive would most likely be available at ...

According to Gary Wessel, a professor of biology at Brown, the “two targets” of hormonal birth control in women are the ovaries and the uterine lining for implantation. A hormone called ...

Birth control pills, while offering reproductive freedom, carry a complex health profile. Classified as a Group 1 carcinogen, ...

No drug is as sacrosanct in today’s sexually “liberated” culture as oral contraceptives. But the proliferation of the birth ...

Allergan has recalled almost 170,000 sample packs of birth control pills nationwide because of a packaging error that could put consumers at risk for unintended ...

From digital tracking apps to long-lasting implants, today’s contraceptive landscape offers women unprecedented control over their reproductive health. Birth control does far more than prevent ...

Despite the fact that birth control pills are 99 percent effective, 9 percent of women who take oral contraceptives get pregnant each year. The reality is that life often gets in the way of taking a ...

American women spend about five years either pregnant, trying to get pregnant or postpartum; contrast that with the three decades they spend trying to consciously avoid having a baby. That data, from ...

A new study published in Evolution and Human Behavior provides evidence against the idea that hormonal contraceptives ...