What's the truth about birth control and how it relates to infertility?

When a teen girl recently posted on TikTok about the “pros and cons of birth control,” almost 120,000 people hit the “like” button. Of the pros, the girl said her birth control made her period ...

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 ...

Posts urging women to stop using traditional oral contraceptives are exploding online, in part due to influencers promoting them with hashtags like #stopthepill, #hormonefree and #naturalbirthcontrol.

A UK watchdog is urging women on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro to use effective forms of birth control after receiving more than 40 pregnancy-related reports linked to the ...

Hormonal birth control can both help and hinder chronic health conditions, depending on the specific method and the condition. Individuals with chronic conditions should consider how different birth ...

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 ...

Kristan Hawkins is not what you might call a unifying figure. The founder and leader of Students for Life of America, a grassroots anti-abortion network, Hawkins travels to college campuses for ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Key Takeaways Spotting on birth control can happen if you miss taking a pill.Spotting can sometimes be a sign of pregnancy, especially if you miss doses.Heavy or ...