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 ...

A Texas mother of two, Brianna Henderson, was diagnosed with a rare and potentially fatal heart condition after having her ...

Hormonal birth control helps acne because it lowers the androgens causing breakouts. Learn which types of birth control work ...

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 ...

Tennessee is poised to become the first, and only, southern state to codify protections for IVF and birth control into law. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images) In a legislative session dominated by the GOP ...

Dr. Vivien Brown, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP, NCMP, discusses Today's Risks for the Birth Control Pill. Canadian Indigenous leader says he was 'filled with rage' before 'intense' conversation with Trump ...

Abortion pills, for example, are used to manage postpartum bleeding—a leading cause of death in the United States and around the world.

You can take some birth control pills as emergency contraception when you take them in higher-than-usual amounts. The uptick in hormones can help delay ovulation and prevent implantation.

Recent cuts to the CDC are affecting women suffering from chronic diseases. In April, the group that was responsible for evaluating research and recommending birth control methods for patients ...

Last Wednesday, Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper dropped a solo episode where she shared that she decided to come off birth control to start trying for a baby. There was just one problem: Shortly ...

Extended-cycle pills contain the same hormones as other birth control pills, but they are taken in a longer cycle to reduce the number of yearly menstrual periods from 13 periods a year to only four ...