Women who take the Pill for long periods of time could be more than doubling their risk of getting breast cancer. A major new study of more than 100,000 women shows that taking oral contraceptives ...
Millions of women stopped taking estrogen decades ago because of a report warning that it may increase breast cancer risk. A ...
What Are Birth Control Pills? Birth control pills are contraceptives that use hormones to prevent a pregnancy. There are many methods of birth control. You may hear this specific one referred to ...
Birth control skin patches, such as Xulane or Twirla, contain both estrogen and progestin hormones. They are similar to the ...
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 ...
Some types of hormonal birth control, such as those containing estrogen, can increase the risk of stroke. Nonhormonal contraceptives and nonestrogen forms of birth control do not appear to ...
The birth control pill is used by over 10 million women in the US today and about 4 million of those are under age 25. The Pill consists of a combination of two types of artificial hormones called ...
In recent years a growing number of medics have claimed there is a link between breast cancer and diet and lifestyle. Until now, though, no comprehensive study has conclusively proved the claims.
Opill — the over-the-counter birth control pill that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year — is now available. This means people now have access to a birth control pill without ...
World Ovarian Cancer Day is observed on May 8 every year. It aims at spreading awareness and raising voices in the fight against ovarian cancer. It is one of the most lethal female cancers known. Due ...
Opill works as a “mini-pill,” using only the hormone progestin to prevent pregnancy. It’s a different formulation than what is in combination hormonal birth control pills, which contain both ...