(Original Caption) 6/5/1976-New York: The government and doctors have decided the 10 million American women taking oral contraceptives are entitled to more information about possible side-effects of ...

All hormone contraceptives, including progestagen-only “minipills,” carry a small “excess risk” of breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Oxford, but the overall ...

A new study from Uppsala University shows that oral contraceptives and hormone therapy at menopause increase the risk of stroke. The increased risk is greatest during the first year of treatment and ...

Illustration by the Atlantic. Source: SSPL / Getty. “From the get-go, the researchers involved in developing male contraception have paid extra- close attention to: Can we develop products for which ...

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.

Women using estrogen-containing contraceptives vs. not using any systemic hormonal contraceptives had reduced odds for ...

Rates of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) prescriptions in the least deprived areas are more than 30% higher than ...