IUDs are highly effective at preventing pregnancy but for some this birth control comes with an unwelcome surprise: pain, ...

A decade ago, Cindy Eckert struggled to convince skeptics about a drug for premenopausal women. Lately, her business is ...

Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives have been stored in Belgium since the U.S. froze foreign aid. A local official ...

An advocate for women’s reproductive health, she started one of the world’s smallest pharmaceutical companies to bring an ...

LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) - The year-long statewide program to provide free birth control in Michigan has concluded. The ...

Hormonal birth control offers women reproductive freedom but can trigger migraines for some. Understanding the link between ...

There’s certainly nothing wrong with avoiding birth control, taking a nonhormonal approach to it, or having a large family.

In the Balbach lab, researchers like graduate student Macy Jenks (R) are helping push the boundaries of reproductive metabolism. (Finn Gomez & Paul Henderson via SWNS) By Stephen Beech A major ...

Peoples Pharmacy in Norfolk is part of Virginia's Contraceptive Access Initiative, offering free birth control for up to a ...

The health policy nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation has released the results of its most recent Women’s Health Survey and the data show a 4% decrease in the use of oral contraceptives, down from 33% ...

According to Gary Wessel, a professor of biology at Brown, the “two targets” of hormonal birth control in women are the ovaries and the uterine lining for implantation. A hormone called ...

Birth control is prescribed to treat a range of hormonal issues. But women in their 20s and 30s are increasingly pursuing alternative solutions, taking a D.I.Y. approach to health.