Birth Control News

Nov. 8, 2023 — 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 ... Read More

The 8 Best Services for Birth Control Online for 2024

These preferred services offer birth control online so you can ... app if they have follow-up questions. If you’re eligible to receive the medication, it will be shipped to you or sent to your ... Read More

The 1st Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill is Now Available. How Does it Work?

There is no age restriction on sales, and the packaging is described by the company as “discreet,” for buyer’s privacy. According to the manufacturer, you should not use Opill: If you have ever had ... Read More

Birth Control Pill Might Lower Odds for Sports Injuries

WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Active women using the pill appear to receive an added bonus from their birth control, a new study says. These women are less likely to suffer sprains ... Read More

How can storage temperature affect birth control?

Many medications, including birth control, can be susceptible to temperature as it can cause them to break down. People will need to avoid leaving birth control in places that may become much ... Read More

Birth Control and NFP: What's the Difference?

They know that artificial means of birth control are morally wrong, and their priest recommended that they use NFP (Natural Family Planning). Yet they do not understand why NFP is OK if birth ... Read More

No, birth control does not cause infertility

“Using hormonal birth control doesn’t affect your ability to have a baby in the future,” said Miriam Cremer, M.D., a women’s health specialist at the Cleveland Clinic. Aaron ... Read More

Birth control for rats? New York City Council considering "Flaco's Laws"

NEW YORK - Is birth control the best ... may get better control of the rat population while also helping out other wild animals. You can call it retribution: Bird advocates want to see a change. Read More

NYC to look at birth control for rats to combat rodent population

Councilmember Shaun Abreu (D-Manhattan) has proposed a rat birth control program jointly run ... decade ago the MTA and Bryant Park set out to use contraceptives, too. ContraPest creator Loretta ... Read More

Birth Control News and Research

You know that package warning that oral birth control won't prevent STIs? Well in the case of gonorrhea, the sexually transmitted bacterium that causes the disease can use those hormones to help ... Read More