Since the approval of the first birth control pill in the 1960s, millions of women have relied on hormonal contraceptives to prevent unintended pregnancies, regulate periods and manage other health ...

Women who stopped using oral birth control experienced more mental health issues than they did while taking the contraceptives. Researchers in Austria found young women who ceased taking combined oral ...

As misinformation about women’s health spreads faster than ever, doctors say new research on the risks of hormonal birth control underscores the challenge of communicating nuance in the social media ...