Pills, patches, implants, and injections — the various forms of hormonal birth control have different formulations and doses of estrogen, progestin, or both. One might think, then, that they may have ...

Hormonal birth control offers women reproductive freedom but can trigger migraines for some. Understanding the link between ...

Some progesterone-only hormonal contraceptives may carry similar clot risk to certain combined pills, a new study published in JAMA Network Open found. A team of Danish researchers examined the risk ...

For people who want to prevent pregnancy, birth-control drugs come with an obvious reward. They also come with some small risks—including, for some forms, a slightly increased risk of breast cancer.

Danish women on hormonal contraception were more likely to experience ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction, though the absolute risk was low. Data suggest a dose-related association between ...

The VTE rate ratios were significantly greater for all forms of hormonal contraception, except for progestin-only pills, compared with non-use. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) continues to be a risk ...

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 ...

There are many different kinds of birth control—and even more factors contributing to decisions about the best birth control method for you or your partner. Some methods rely on the hormone progestin ...

The FDA announced yesterday that it had for the first time approved a daily birth-control pill for over-the-counter sales. That’s a big change; once the product, called Opill, is on the market—which ...