New conversations are sparking around birth control pills and cancer. The World Health Organization has classified combined oral contraceptive pills as Group 1 carcinogens since 2008. Data suggests ...

While the classification was made over a decade ago, viral posts on social media have claimed that the birth control pill has ...

Hormonal birth control helps acne because it lowers the androgens causing breakouts. Learn which types of birth control work best or could make acne worse.

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A crumpled foil pack of oral contraceptive pills. There are three types of birth control pills. They all work by releasing synthetic hormones to prevent pregnancy, but they do have different side ...

And some women are challenging Mr. Musk for control of their children. Mr. Musk and Claire Boucher, the musician known as Grimes and the mother of three of his children, at the Met Gala in 2018.

Far from over: Access to abortion pills could still erode under the Trump administration in multiple ways: The Texas court could keep this case alive despite the DOJ’s call to dismiss it.

Up until Iowa’s six-week abortion ban was signed into law on July 14, 2024, University of Iowa student Julia Moody viewed birth control as a reliable option. She began taking the pill in seventh grade ...

The pill, now 44 years old, is featured in a case of its own, showing its dial-a-pill and other formulations. The packaging of hormonal birth control pills, unique to pharmaceutical products, is a ...

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to birth control, and the conversation around its impact on mental health is only just beginning.

“The birth control pill is a daily hormone-based medication that's used by a person with ovaries and a uterus to prevent pregnancy,” says Dr. Gina Frugoni, MD, an assistant professor of ...

Conventionally, birth control pill packs come in 21-day, 24-day and 28-day cycles. For the most part, the naming “has to do with how many days have active hormones in them, and then how many ...