Evidence shows that birth control pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin can increase the risk of different types of cancers and decrease the risk of others. Since 1999, the World Health ...
Extended-cycle birth control pills involve taking one “active” pill daily for around 84 days before pausing for a 7-day break for withdrawal bleeding. After the break, the person begins taking the ...
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 had access ...
A new study from Michigan State University found increases in binge eating when taking hormone pills in the form of oral ...
This year, for the first time in the roughly sixty-year history of the birth-control pill in the United States, it can be bought over the counter. You might not know about this development—many people ...
Two years after U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter birth control pill, new research shows many people who face barriers to medical care are turning to it. The study, published Monday in JAMA ...