Two years, 11 doctors and one diagnosis later, I’ve learned a lot about how medicine can miss women’s symptoms.

Reversible contraceptives like birth control pills, patches, IUDs and implants do not cause permanent infertility for most women. Fertility generally returns within months after stopping use, though ...

Rose Hurst, 19, died from a rare side effect of combination birth control pills — and now her family is speaking out to raise ...

In 1886, chemist W. J. Rendell manufactured the first birth control suppository. It contained a cocoa butter shell for suppositories that melted in the body to release the medication quinine, a drug ...

This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. Key Takeaways: Progesterone is a natural reproductive hormone that ...

Some Canadian doctors say patients on birth control need monitoring. But medical authorities in other countries increasingly ...

Views writer Savannah Burke argues that cycle-tracking wellness trends spread birth control misinformation and threaten women’s autonomy.

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 newly published manuscript authored by Dr. Gunda Georg, YourChoice Therapeutics and Columbia University Medical Center describes the chemical journey of YCT-529, a non-hormonal male birth control ...

Only rifamycins can interfere with how well birth control works. Use backup birth control for at least one month after taking rifamycins. Non-rifamycin antibiotics do not lower the effectiveness of ...

The most common side effects of birth control methods are minor and temporary. But it’s important to be aware of the more serious risks, too, before you choose a contraceptive method. While birth ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Anti-contraception activists learned from ...