On May 9, 1960, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first oral contraceptive for use as birth ...

Ever-use of oral contraceptives was not tied to a higher risk of liver cancer in two large U.K. prospective cohorts. A systematic review and meta-analysis of 23 observational studies also found no ...

The studies — both published Thursday in the online edition of the British Medical Journal — show that pills containing a new type of progestogen hormone called drospirenone carry up to triple the ...

Women who take birth control pills may be much less likely to experience two of the most common sports injuries. In fact, a new study showed women taking oral contraceptives were 85% less likely than ...

New research presented today at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) 2025 revealed that the use of combined oral contraceptives (OCs) is associated with a threefold increase in the risk ...

Opill, the first oral contraceptive approved for over-the-counter use in the United States, will be available in stores and online this month, with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $19.99 ...

More recent research shows that progesterone-only contraception — including intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the so-called mini pill — may also raise breast cancer risk, possibly even more so than ...

Over-the-counter (OTC) oral contraceptive pill access was linked to a 31.8 percentage point increase in contraceptive initiation among nonusers and a 41.0 percentage point increase in transitioning ...

Women across the country bonded online over their “Ozempic babies” – surprise pregnancies while taking GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro, despite being on birth control or having a history ...

Among women who use oral contraceptives, those with endometriosis have an 85% higher risk for depression than those without endometriosis, although the absolute risk increase is modest in both groups.