Evidence shows that birth control pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin can increase the risk of different types of cancers and decrease the risk of others.  Since 1999, the World ...

As an OB-GYN training to be a complex family planning subspecialist at UC San Diego, I have seen misinformation about ...

Trump Surgeon General nominee Casey Means was confronted by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) over comments trashing contraception as "disrespectful to life". The post Trump Pick Confronted at Hearing For ...

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 ...

Studies have linked a type of injectable birth control with meningioma, while the manufacturer says the claims are “without merit” Getty The injectable birth control medroxyprogesterone acetate, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Men might finally get a chance to bench their swimmers. A first-of-its-kind male birth control pill just cleared its first human ...

When a teen girl recently posted on TikTok about the “pros and cons of birth control,” almost 120,000 people hit the “like” button. Of the pros, the girl said her birth control made her period ...

During a confirmation hearing, senators asked Dr. Casey Means about her current positions and her past statements on a range of public health issues.

ROME has spoken,” runs an ancient proverb of the Roman Catholic Church. “The case is closed.” No longer true. Last week Pope Paul VI formally promulgated his encyclical on birth control, which ...