The reason for the large gap in OCP effectiveness under perfect use and typical use may be due primarily to missed pills. Nearly 1 in 2 pill users report missing 1 or more pills per cycle. [5] The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of hormonal contraceptives in women was associated with decreased incidences of ACL injuries vs. women not ...

SAN DIEGO — Adult premenopausal women who take oral contraceptives are at an increased risk for lifetime asthma, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society 2018 International ...

The use of contemporary hormonal contraception is associated with a significantly increased relative risk for ischemic stroke and, in some cases, myocardial infarction (MI), a new real-world study ...

Using birth control pills and other hormone-based contraceptives is known to elevate the risk of blood clots about three-fold, but a new study suggests that this risk largely goes away within two to ...

Using birth control pills and other hormone-based contraceptives is known to elevate the risk of blood clots, but a new study suggests that this risk largely goes away within two to four weeks after ...

Barrier and hormonal contraception methods only temporarily prevent pregnancy. Once a person stops using these methods, the body’s natural fertility will typically resume. Sterilization methods, such ...

Among more than 20,000 women of childbearing age receiving treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) during 2019-2021, more than 90% did not have contraceptive use documented in their ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study included almost 14,000 adult U.S women diagnosed with migraine who used contraceptives. Risks of ...

In 2018, Winnie Kirabo had prolonged bleeding that would sometimes last two to four weeks. At the time, the 31-year-old woman was using a modern contraceptive method. “I would bleed non-stop for a ...