Women who use Depo-Provera face a higher risk of developing a slow-growing brain tumor, known as a meningioma, while the ...

Forget alcohol — birth control pills could lower your inhibitions. New research out of Canada suggests daily contraceptives could thin regions of the brain responsible for decision-making and impulse ...

Women taking active birth control pills reported more emotional eating, highlighting a possible link between hormones and ...

Combined oral contraceptives are associated with increased emotional eating, suggesting hormonal effects on eating behaviors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Food and Drug Administration officially approved Opill back in July, marking the first time a contraceptive pill can be sold ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Opill, the first birth control pill approved to be sold without a prescription, has landed on shelves at some Walgreens stores.

A new study published in JAMA Network Open found that women taking active hormone birth control pills reported higher levels of emotional eating.

Access to hormonal birth control — such as birth control pills and patches — is getting major changes in 2024. Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the United States, ...

Over 300 women may join a South African class action after Bayer's Yaz Plus packaging error allegedly caused unintended ...

Abortion is a procedure to terminate a pregnancy. Birth control and emergency contraception do not end a pregnancy — they prevent a pregnancy from occurring in the first place. Birth control pills and ...