Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Condom use declined after the COVID-19 pandemic, whereas other contraceptive use patterns remained stable.

With several birth control options available, doctors say some methods are more effective than others and have different side effects.

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 ...

Background: More than 30% of the pregnancies in women aged 35 and over are unintended. This paper compares perceptions about contraceptive methods and use among women with and without an unintended ...

Researchers explore the links between birth control and depression, highlighting potential risks among adolescents.

Antonia Seligowski, PhD, of the Neurocardiac Effects of Stress & Trauma Laboratory within the Department of Psychiatry at Mass General Brigham, is the senior author of a paper published in JAMA ...

Steroid hormone levels in healthy adults are influenced by oral contraceptives and smoking, as well as other lifestyle choices and factors such as biological sex and age, according to new research ...

As much as there is need for use of contraceptives among sexually active women in Kenya, a significant number still do not use birth control and their reasons vary with health risks being their ...