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Researchers Make Progress Toward a Monthly Birth Control Pill

By Alice Park

Can Over-the-Counter Birth Control Become a Bipartisan Issue?

By Abigail Abrams

Study Finds Male Birth Control Pill Safe and Effective

By Julia Zorthian

There’s a New Health Secretary. What Will He Mean for Women’s Health?

By Alexandra Sifferlin
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Birth Control Pills May Help Prevent Some Cancers

A new study looks at how oral contraceptives affect cancer risk

By Alice Park

Birth Control for Men? Researchers Will Test a Hormone Gel in 2018

A new kind of male birth control may be on the horizon. The largest clinical trial to date on hormonal male contraception is slated to begin in the first half of 2018, and aims to...

By Amanda MacMillan

Hormonal Birth Control Is Linked to Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

Hormone-based contraceptives are linked to a higher risk of breast cancer, according to a new study

By Alice Park

Rent the Runway CEO: How Birth Control Helped Me Succeed

'It’s shocking to me that in 2017, we’re still having this debate'

By Jennifer Hyman

Hormonal Birth Control Is Linked to a Higher Risk of Suicide, Study Says

Contraceptives are effective ways to prevent pregnancy, alleviate menstrual pain and ease heavy bleeding, but the hormonal changes needed to accomplish that may have some negative psychological side effects. In a study published in the...

By Alice Park

IUDs May Have a Surprising Health Benefit

The intrauterine device (IUD) is considered one of the most effective and long-lasting forms of birth control available. Now a new study suggests it may also have a role in preventing cervical cancer. A new...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Notre Dame Students: Ending Birth Control Coverage Is Sexist and Elitist

'Preserving Catholic identity does not require naïveté when it comes to sexual health'

By Emily Garrett, Molly Burton

Your IUD May Get a Lot More Expensive. Here's How Much It Could Cost in Every State

Should you use birth control pills, condoms or an intrauterine device (IUD)? Women choose their birth control based on many factors, like effectiveness or comfort—but cost has been less of a consideration, ever since the...

By Alexandra Sifferlin and Pratheek Rebala

No, Birth Control Doesn’t Make You Have Riskier Sex, Researchers Say

Rolling back the federal birth control mandate could lead to increases in teen pregnancies and abortions, experts say

By Abigail Abrams

Rabbi: President Trump's Birth Control Mandate Is an Attack on Religious Liberty

'Religious liberty is the freedom of and the freedom from religion'

By Rabbi Hara E. Person

Trump Rolls Back Obamacare Birth Control Mandate

More employers can refuse to provide the benefit

By Aric Jenkins

14% More Men Are Using Condoms: Study

Condoms are one of the best ways to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, but they are not an especially well-used form of birth control in the United States. However, new data indicates that 34% of men...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

4 Ways Going to the Doctor Is Radically Changing

The future of health care in the U.S. is far from settled, but how people receive it now is also undergoing a revolution. Health records are antiquated, there's a shortage of primary care physicians and...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

This Is What Happens to Your Body When You Stop Taking Birth Control Pills

'A lot of the changes women see go back to the reason they were taking birth control in the first place'

By Kathleen Mulpeter / Health.com

More Than Half of Teens Are Having Sex and Most Use Birth Control

Just over half of American teenagers are sexually active, and most report using some form of contraception, according to new research. The study from the National Center for Health Statistics found that 55% of teens...

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Birth Control Pills Recalled Because Packaging Error Could Lead to Unintended Pregnancy

Placebo pills were mixed up with active pills

By Kate Samuelson
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