Birth control pills, taken alone or paired with the drug metformin, did not raise the risk of metabolic syndrome, a precursor of heart disease and diabetes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome ...

Denmark will compensate victims in a decades-long scandal in which thousands of Greenlandic girls and young women were fitted with birth control devices by Danish doctors, often without their consent ...

As misinformation about women’s health spreads faster than ever, doctors say new research on the risks of hormonal birth control underscores the challenge of communicating nuance in the social media ...

Social media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for health harms (like infertility or even abortion) that it does not cause, or ...

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Education on birth control and its potential adverse effects is vital to women choosing the type that best suits them. Skepticism surrounding hormonal birth control has been increasing nationwide, ...

The layoffs have raised fears that the administration could be effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women. By Caroline Kitchener Reporting from ...

1 in 4 sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain tumor in ...

COLUMBIA — New Morning, a Columbia nonprofit dedicated to public education about and access to family planning services, and MUSC Health are joining forces to provide contraceptive care statewide. No ...

PAGE ON ITS WEBSITE. WE’VE BEEN COVERING A BILL IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE THAT COULD FURTHER LIMIT A WOMAN’S ACCESS TO ABORTION AND PLACE CRIMINAL PENALTIES ON WOMEN AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL. AND ...

WESTWEGO, La. — Robin Phillip’s fresh haircut is dyed her favorite color — green. But beneath the dye job is a scar that runs along the side of her head, the result of two craniotomies. For years, ...