A massive study of more than 2 million women has found a “statistically significant” risk of developing breast cancer with ...

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 ...

Opill, a progestin-only contraceptive pill. (Photo courtesy of Perrigo Company.) Sriha Srinivasan remembers how surprised her mom was two years ago when she learned that birth control pills weren’t ...

(CNN) — About two years after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States, a new study suggests that many people who may not have ...

A major study involving over two million women reveals a statistically significant link between hormonal contraceptive use ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to earlier signs that women on the Pill have a higher risk of heart disease, a new look at the medical literature found no link between heart attacks and the ...

If you’re taking birth control for hormonal acne (acne brought on by hormonal fluctuations), you’ll want to choose a combination birth control pill that has estrogen and progestin. The ...