Studies show that weight does not change how well birth control pills work. Following the pill schedule is more important for effectiveness than weight. Research shows no link between BMI and the ...

Many people assume that once you start taking “the pill” or using other hormonal contraceptives, ovulation completely stops. While that’s true for most users, there are situations where ovulation can ...

Teva Canada is recalling two lots of Seasonique and one lot of Seasonale prescription birth control pills as a precaution after the company received a complaint about a package missing an entire ...

A male birth control pill was born out of a UC Berkeley lab that found that plant-derived molecules could prevent egg fertilization. When Nadja Mannowetz, a former UC Berkeley research scientist, ...

Yes, Wegovy is available in a pill form. Originally, it was only available as a weekly injection, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a daily tablet version in December 2025. The ...

This new daily pill delivers weight loss results similar to popular injectable GLP‑1s, without the needles, refrigeration, or cleanup. If you’ve been curious about GLP‑1 treatments but hesitant about ...

On this special episode of The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch are live from Washington, D.C., to discuss growing concerns about the ...

Our critic offers advice on choosing your gear — and thoughts on whether it really affects your performance. By Vanessa Friedman I recently got serious about exercise and now have an existential ...

Hannah Chinn (they/them) is a producer on NPR's science podcast Short Wave. Prior to joining Short Wave, they produced Good Luck Media's inaugural "climate thriller" podcast. Before that, they worked ...