Due in large part to social media, young women in particular are speaking out about their negative experiences taking these ...
Hormonal birth control methods, including the pill and IUDs, have a downside. But are the health risks meaningful?
The primary mechanism of a birth control pill, otherwise known as a combined oral contraceptive, is to prevent ovulation ...
Opill, the over-the-counter birth control pill that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year, is now ...
The spread of medical misinformation on social media has resulted in misconceptions about the safety and efficacy of hormonal birth-control methods. The long-standing lack of physician ...
Search for birth control on TikTok or Instagram and a cascade of misleading videos vilifying hormonal contraception appear: Young women blaming their weight gain on the pill. Right-wing ...
Fifty years after the Food and Drug Administration approved a prescription birth control pill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill has become available to the public without a ...
Opill has been FDA-approved since 1973, but this is the first time a birth control pill will be available without a ...
The rollout is underway for the first over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the United States, with online sales kicking off Monday. It will also soon be available in major retailers ...
For the first time, women in the US can walk into a store and buy a supply of birth control pills right off the shelf, without the need for a prescription or health insurance. Opill, the first ...
The spread of medical misinformation on social media has resulted in misconceptions about the safety and efficacy of hormonal birth-control methods. The long-standing lack of physician transparency ...