Medically reviewed by Laura Young Both high- and low-dose birth control pills prevent pregnancy equally well.For some people, low-dose birth control may have fewer side effects, like headaches and ...

Yaz (drospirenone/ethinyl estradiol) is a prescription birth control pill used to help prevent pregnancy and manage symptoms of other conditions. Yaz can cause side effects ranging from mild to ...

A male birth control pill has been found to be safe in early-stage clinical trials without any negative side effects, researchers have said. The new hormone-free pill, which aims to decrease sperm ...

For over 60 years, hormonal birth control has been sold as a quick fix for acne, reproductive health conditions, pregnancy prevention, or simply the inconvenience of periods. Yet women are beginning ...

Birth control pills, taken alone or paired with the drug metformin, did not raise the risk of metabolic syndrome, a precursor ...

For millions of women, hormonal birth control is a modern essential. But beneath its convenience lies a quieter reality: the pill’s synthetic hormones (like ethinyl estradiol and progestins) can ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An upcoming lecture at the University of Texas is exploring the less talked about impacts of birth control on a woman’s body. The Hot Science Cool Talks lecture, taking place Nov. 15 ...

Last Wednesday, Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper dropped a solo episode where she shared that she decided to come off birth control to start trying for a baby. There was just one problem: shortly after ...

For decades, scientists have been trying to develop a male contraceptive similar to the birth control pill that can be taken orally and is reversible, with minimal side effects. An oral male ...

Male birth control is progressing. The first of its kind, a hormone-free male birth control pill, has been deemed safe for humans, Scientific American reported last month. But the question is, would ...