While there are many forms of birth control that use progestin, "no increased meningioma risk has been found with combined oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices, progestin-only pills, or subdermal ...

A major drug scandal in UK greyhound racing, involving the illegal sale and widespread misuse of a hormone intended for women, is going unchecked, according to an animal charity. Rescuers of unwanted ...

SAN FRANCISCO Carl Djerassi, the chemist widely considered the father of the birth control pill, has died. Djerrasi died of complications of cancer in his San Francisco home, Stanford University ...

There's a battle being waged across the country between people who see birth control as essential for women's health, self-determination and to avoid abortions ‒ and those who claim some forms of ...

Birth control shots are highly effective, with less than a 1 in 100 chance of pregnancy in the first year. This type of birth control does not protect you against sexually transmitted infections (STIs ...

On April 3, 2024, X (formerly Twitter) user Ben Zeisloft, an editor at conservative publication The Sentinel, published a post that revived a hotly debated issue related to abortion (archived): The ...

Earlier this year, the Trump administration scrubbed CDC guidance on birth control from government websites and froze $65 million in funding to family planning clinics that provide free or low-cost ...

Oftentimes, topics originally discussed in my 2013 book How We Do It: The Evolution and Future of Human Reproduction and revisited in this blog resulted from serendipity—making fortunate discoveries ...