The overturn of Roe v. Wade has put a spotlight on the availability of affordable, highly effective birth control in the U.S. Many younger women, however, don’t want their mothers’ contraceptives.

For people who want to prevent pregnancy, birth-control drugs come with an obvious reward. They also come with some small risks—including, for some forms, a slightly increased risk of breast cancer.

A birth control cleanse is a product that claims to “reset” or “detox” the body after a person stops taking hormonal contraception. However, there is no evidence they are effective or even necessary.

Matthew Treviño and Emily Fletcher are self-described DINKWADs — double income, no kids, with a dog. The Sacramento couple, who met and work at UC Davis, are as committed to each other as they are to ...

Natural family planning, barriers, hormonal methods, copper IUDs, and permanent sterilization have varying degrees of effectiveness. Family planning involves tracking fertility cycles and sexual ...

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Hormonal birth control can work wonders by regulating your cycle, relieving period cramps and heavy bleeding, and clearing up acne. But if your time with the pill or IUD hasn’t gone so smoothly due to ...

Almost two-thirds of U.S. women of reproductive age use some kind of contraception, according to the latest federal data. And millions of them use methods that contain hormones, including birth ...

The initial version of the birth control pill, Enovid, received FDA approval in 1957 for hormone regulation, marketed with the side effect of preventing pregnancy. It was not approved for the explicit ...

Studies have suggested for decades that birth control pills containing both estrogen and progestogen — synthetic versions of female hormones — may slightly elevate one's risk of breast cancer. But ...

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