There are pros and cons for every kind of contraception. Learn which are the most effective and what is the best option for ...

An FDA‑approved medication called spironolactone, often prescribed for heart and blood pressure conditions, may be a useful ...

Choosing birth control is deeply personal. An expert explains how women can assess their health, lifestyle, fertility goals, and safety needs to find the right contraceptive method.

HIV-positive women have multiple safe birth-control options, but drug interactions, viral load and treatment stability still ...

Sophia Harris first got on birth control pills at age 10 to manage “out of control” hormone fluctuations. Harris, 27, stayed ...

Kentuckians told the Lantern they got intrauterine devices, better known as IUDs, because of concern that they would lose ...

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 ...

A massive study of more than 2 million women has found a “statistically significant” risk of developing breast cancer with the use of a specific type of birth control pill Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer ...

Charlotte Freed first got a hormonal IUD when she was a teenager. She wasn't sexually active at the time, but she wanted to be protected from pregnancy before she started college. This was also a time ...

A major discovery has paved the way for a male contraceptive pill, say scientists. The molecular “switch” that "supercharges" sperm for their final sprint to an egg has been pinpointed by American ...

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 ...

In mid-September 2025, a claim spread online that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had said birth control pills and IUDs were abortions. Here's what the Trump administration said, ...