To prevent avoidable complications, reduce the risk of side effects, and ensure the effectiveness and individual suitability of contraceptives, reproductive and maternal health experts have urged ...

Millions of women worldwide rely on hormonal birth control methods to prevent pregnancy, but emerging research suggests certain contraceptive options may carry cardiovascular risks that deserve closer ...

New digital contraceptive methods, such as apps or wearables to determine fertile days, are gaining in popularity. University of Amsterdam medical anthropologist Ellen Algera and her colleagues have ...

When choosing a contraceptive method, consider safety and effectiveness, accessibility and affordability, side effects, user control, reversibility, and ease of removal or discontinuation. Also ...

Researchers found emotional eating increased during hormone-containing birth control pill days, highlighting a possible link ...