A growing number of young women are questioning hormonal birth control, influenced not by medical side effects, but by social ...

About two years after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States, a new study suggests that many people who may not have had access ...

The new mom and her husband, superstar Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker, highlight an important reality: Birthing plans often ...

OTC pill use rose most among people who used no or less-effective birth control Users were more likely to be uninsured, younger or from rural areas Easy access without a doctor visit was the main ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of over-the-counter birth control pills two years ago. The decision has dramatically increased access to contraception, according to a new study from ...

I can hardly remember a time when I wasn’t on birth control. Doctors put me on the pill at 16 to help manage the agonizingly heavy periods that had plagued me since I was 11 years old. For me, getting ...

After getting an IUD, one woman started noticing unexpected hair changes – in places she'd already had laser removal. Here’s why it happens, and what to know before you book in I can hardly remember a ...

Though pharmacists are allowed to prescribe birth control, we can boost the number who participate by offering guidance on state training, billing and workflow. Credit: Getty Images. The state ...

Two years after the FDA approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, new research shows it’s effectively expanding access to contraception. Women who took nonprescription Opill (norgestrel) ...

For years, Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices in Greenlandic girls and women without their consent, part of a painful legacy of mistreatment. By Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli The prime ...

To save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that married couples have a constitutional right to use contraception. Griswold v. Connecticut, decided in 1965, made it illegal for states ...