Photo composite of human egg (oocyte) and sperm (spermatozoon), colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM). In the first clinical trial of its kind, a nonhormonal oral contraceptive that reversibly ...

There are countless posts on social media about taking a “break” or doing a “cleanse” from birth control, and how hormonal birth control is “unnatural” – but this is not helpful advice. If you are on ...

Using hormonal birth control methods, such as "the pill," may increase users' risk of blood clots, strokes and heart attacks, a new study has found. However, even then, a person's overall risk of ...

Pfender is an associate fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, a postdoctoral researcher at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and a research ...

Men might finally get a chance to bench their swimmers. A first-of-its-kind male birth control pill just cleared its first human safety test, raising hopes that it could soon open the door to a new ...

In 2017, Dr. Barbi Phelps-Sandall, an obstetrician who has been practicing in the San Francisco Bay area for more than two decades, had just learned about a new blood test only available at select ...

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 ...

The 1940s were a pivotal time for the world. In the United States, as men went to fight in World War II, women became essential additions to the US workforce. And when the war ended, many of those ...