There are more safe and effective options than ever before but what’s safe for one person may not be the best option for ...

Approximately 19 million U.S. women of childbearing age reside in what are known as “contraceptive deserts” due to geographic, political, economic and social barriers to birth control. Women living in ...

Evidence shows that birth control pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin can increase the risk of different types of cancers and decrease the risk of others.  Since 1999, the World ...

There are many different kinds of birth control—and even more factors contributing to decisions about the best birth control method for you or your partner. Some methods rely on the hormone progestin ...

The most commonly used and prescribed birth control pill in the U.S. was classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) as carcinogenic. In ...

1 in 4 sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain tumor in ...

Some people have concerns about the long-term effects of reversible birth control on fertility. However, no scientific evidence links reversible birth control (such as hormonal birth control pills, ...

Studies have linked a type of injectable birth control with meningioma, while the manufacturer says the claims are “without merit” Getty The injectable birth control medroxyprogesterone acetate, which ...