Brenda, a first-time mother, made her family planning choice based on hearsay, overlooking crucial details about how contraception works. This decision led to prolonged difficulties conceiving after ...

Women at risk for low milk supply who received an etonogestrel implant as soon as 30 minutes after delivery reported similar ...

New York governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill to protect doctors prescribing abortion medications by allowing them to keep their names off pill bottles, listing their healthcare practice instead.

UniSA researchers found that the oral contraceptive pill reduced the risk of ovarian cancer by 26% among women who had ever used the Pill, and by 43% for women who had used the Pill after the age of ...

Ahead of World Cancer Day, researchers have looked into the effects of taking ‘the pill’ on the risk of cancer in women. Taking the contraceptive ... had taken the pill after the age of ...

Although the actual contents have now changed to just the progestogen part (as is found in the mini-pill), the result is the same, although it is more effective and side-effects are reduced.

Connecticut is expanding access to birth control. Pharmacists are now allowed to prescribe contraception and students can buy it on college campuses.

Birth control pills work by preventing the ovaries from releasing an egg. Normally, an egg leaves an ovary once per month. The egg enters the fallopian tube for about 24 hours or so. If it isn’t ...

In 2021, the 49-year-old public servant passed away after battling brain cancer. Act 63 of 2024, which was amended to include a provision introduced by state Sen. Chris Gebhard, designates the newly ...

The general rule is to ensure that each dose is taken within 24 hours ... contraceptive, like condoms, depends on the pill you take. With minipills, you’ll need extra protection for 2 days after ...

One woman turned to period tracking apps after reading about ... effects of the combined contraceptive I’d been taking had changed my mind about the little white Pill, which had been by my ...