Wondering if birth control pills work on ovulation day Read ahead to find out how they prevent pregnancy and what the side effects of the same ...

After quitting most methods of birth control, you’ll return to normal fertility within a few menstrual cycles or sooner. The only real exception is the Depo-Provera shot, which has been shown to delay ...

Less than half of female adolescents and young women can correctly answer questions about how contraceptives work, according to a new nationally representative survey published in the Journal of ...

Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, UnsplashApeksha Shetty, an Indian woman based in Vienna, went on the pill for hormonal reasons. One of the benefits, she thought, was being able to have sex ...

If you take contraceptive pills then be careful, because such medicines can increase the risk of breast cancer. Side Effects of Birth Control Pills: Women resort to birth control pills to balance ...

Two years after the FDA approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, new research shows it’s effectively expanding access to contraception. Women who took nonprescription Opill (norgestrel) ...

Dr. Jackie Walters wears many hats. She’s a practicing OB-GYN, a two-time breast cancer survivor, and a reality TV star on Bravo’s Married to Medicine. But ask her what truly drives her, and the ...

Newsweek spoke to two women who allege a birth control injection caused benign brain tumors, sharing their experiences and its long-term effects.

We live in an age where information is instant. A quick Google search can bring up millions of results in seconds. But along with solid facts, plenty of outdated or misleading ideas keep getting ...

Susan Reimer’s column in Wednesday’s Daily News gave five ways she thinks society has benefited from birth control. First, she says that there are fewer unplanned pregnancies. What does unplanned mean ...

Also known as androgenetic alopecia, female pattern hair loss (FPHL) will affect 40 percent of women by age 50, according to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. This chronic and slow ...

New Delhi: In a move to address India's obesity crisis, two major pharmaceutical companies—Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd and Lupin Ltd—are working to create an affordable anti-obesity pill, according to ...