The moment you start thinking about getting pregnant, one of the first questions that pops up is surprisingly simple: When should I stop using contraceptives? It sounds like an easy decision, but your ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, researchers surveyed a nationally representative population of non-sterile individuals in the United States (U.S.) between the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of hormonal contraceptives in women was associated with decreased incidences of ACL injuries vs. women not ...

New mothers who begin using hormonal contraceptives within a year of childbirth may face nearly double the risk of developing depression, according to a new study of more than 610,000 women. Despite a ...

Many women worry hormonal contraceptives have dangerous side-effects including increased cancer risk. But this perception is often out of proportion with the actual risks. So, what does the research ...

Women who use hormonal contraception may be more likely to initiate semaglutide, according to real-world data from Denmark. In a nested case-control study presented at the European Association for the ...

While hormonal birth control is known to suppress fertility, a series of new psychological evaluations suggests that ...

Current medical guidelines discourage the use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) among people who experience migraine with aura—a type of migraine accompanied by temporary neurological ...