Kristan Hawkins is not what you might call a unifying figure. The founder and leader of Students for Life of America, a grassroots anti-abortion network, Hawkins travels to college campuses for ...

A new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology suggests that the use of oral contraceptives may influence how the brain ...

Separating fact from fiction around the pill. Birth control is used by millions of women but the questions around it are never ending for women -- from whether it will cause cancer or help prevent ...

Birth control pills are a highly effective way to prevent pregnancy, but some foods and supplements can interfere with how ...

Men might finally get a chance to bench their swimmers. A first-of-its-kind male birth control pill just cleared its first human safety test, raising hopes that it could soon open the door to a new ...

A newly published manuscript authored by Dr. Gunda Georg, YourChoice Therapeutics and Columbia University Medical Center ...

The birth control pill contains the hormones estrogen and progestin, which prevent the monthly ovulation and provide women ...

Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Key Takeaways The vaginal ring (NuvaRing or Annovera) is hormonal birth control that ...

Pharmacies have already been instructed to call women who have been prescribed the pills. And now many women are second guessing a form of birth control they thought was guaranteed. The Alabama-based ...

Though some work effectively, some also increase the risk of infections, particularly vaginal yeast infections and bacterial ...