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

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, ...

The Heritage Foundation is calling for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to study the long-term health impacts of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A year after the nation's first nonprescription daily birth control pill debuted for sale, reproductive health advocates said its impact has been felt especially by young women who now can easily ...

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

Male birth control is progressing. The first of its kind, a hormone-free male birth control pill, has been deemed safe for humans, Scientific American reported last month. But the question is, would ...

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

There's more to life than the pill and the IUD, argues women's hormone expert Alisa Vitti—and she's got the intel you need to make the right choice for you. Eliminating hormonal birth control from ...