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

The first non-hormonal birth control pill tested for men, YCT-529, ... they have few options to participate," YourChoice Therapeutics executive director Heather Vahdat said in a statement.

Drug developers are pursuing a new option for reproductive care in the post-Roe landscape: birth control pills for men. Why it matters: Mounting abortion restrictions across the U.S. are driving a ...

Birth control pills: What you should and shouldn’t worry about. Now that the pill is soon to be available over the counter in the U.S., ... says Heather Eliassen, ...

Overview: Norethindrone is a birth control medicine that is used to prevent pregnancy. You must take this medicine each day at the same time each day for it to work well. Common side effects ...

Until male birth control pills, gels and injections become available, Dr. Smith-Harrison urges you to stick to condoms. They’re easily accessible and 98 percent effective when used correctly.

Low dose birth control pills may have fewer side effects compared with older, higher-dose ones, but certain groups may still have increased health risks. If they aren’t taken correctly, they may ...

Women on birth control can safely skip the week of placebo pills – and the bleeding, headaches and mood changes that come with it – according to health officials in the United Kingdom.

At a 1992 conference on birth control, an official on the F.D.A.’s fertility and maternal health drugs advisory committee, Philip Corfman, noted that the birth control pill is safer than aspirin ...

Alfonso predicts the birth control and abortion pill surge may level out like it did in 2016 and 2022. If the new administration “is not focused on health care right away,” he said, ...

YCT529 is a more recently pill in development, with researchers launching studies in 2022. It is a non-hormonal form of birth control pill, which works by inhibiting a vitamin A receptor in a man’s ...