When you pop a birth control pill, your baby-making parts aren’t the only thing getting a treatment. That's because each of those little pills contains hormones that change the make-up of your body, ...

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Considering taking the oral contraceptive pill? From how it works to who it’s best suited for (and the side effects no one really talks about), this is your no-nonsense guide to the pill.

The first birth control pill that people can buy without a prescription, called Opill, is shipping to stores this week.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it approved Bayer AG's new birth control pill Natazia. The pill, already licensed in Europe under the brand name Qlaira, ...

The most commonly used and prescribed birth control pill in the U.S. was classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) as carcinogenic. In ...

Endometriosis sees oestrogen promote the painful growth of cells, similar to those that line the womb, in other areas of the ...

Jul. 25—The new over-the-counter birth control, OPill, will soon be available, and several local pharmacists will be dispensing it. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website, the ...

Birth control without hormones? Yes, it’s possible, safe and effective, suggests a new study (1 Trusted Source Contraception without hormones: Goethe University researches alternatives to "the pill" ...