This could be a tough pill to swallow. An estimated 250 million women worldwide are believed to use some form of hormonal ...

Some people who have an IUD have highlighted a downside to this low maintenance birth control method: acne. Although there are stories of IUDs clearing skin, there are also a number of anecdotes ...

The study revealed that there was a greater risk of both heart attack and stroke linked to most forms of hormonal ...

A Danish study has highlighted the risk of using certain hormonal contraceptives, especially hormone-based combination pills, ...

and "copper IUDs." Another long-acting reversible contraceptive, the contraceptive implant, is about 4cm long, made of plastic and inserted just under the skin in the arm. Hormonal IUDs (known by ...

During her annual OB-GYN visit, Callie Anderson asked about getting off the birth control pill. “We decided the best option ...

The most common formulation of birth control pills has been linked to a doubling of relative risk of heart attack an ...

Chemistry professor Samantha Gateman saw the negative side effects of copper IUDs and is leading efforts to create an alternative IUD made of iron.

A real-world Danish registry study showed a significant increased relative risk, but small absolute risk, for stroke and ...

Contraceptives have come a long way in the last couple of years, from the pull-out method being the only thing available at the time to the syringe method to devices like condoms and diaphragms ...