Researchers have observed for several years that people who have a history of using oral contraceptives are less likely to develop ovarian cancer. A team from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center ...

Third-generation oral contraceptives are an association of low-dose ethinyl estradiol and potent testosterone-derived progestins, developed in order to improve general and vascular tolerance. They are ...

Could certain types of hormonal contraceptives cause an increase in seizures in women with epilepsy? A recent Texas A&M Health Science Center study suggests that ethinyl estradiol, the primary ...

A new analysis involving almost 10,000 women has shown that the added risk of breast cancer occurring under the age of 50 in association with oral contraceptive use was of similar magnitude regardless ...

States with abortion restrictions triggered by the Dobbs decision saw a decline in prescriptions of oral contraceptives -- particularly emergency contraceptives -- a cohort study showed. The most ...

Current medical guidelines discourage the use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) among people who experience migraine with aura—a type of migraine accompanied by temporary neurological ...

Online orders for Opill — the first oral contraceptive to be dispensed without a prescription in the U.S. — began March 18, CNN reports. Sara Young, senior vice president and chief consumer officer at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Yang and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study of female offspring from women who participated in ...

Following the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision returning abortion policies to individual states, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed eliminating the prescription requirement for ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. GLP-1 receptor drugs, like Mounjaro, may hinder the ...

A case controlled study suggests a gene variant may offer some protection from frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA), but only if there is no prior history of oral contraceptive pill use, which appears to ...