The use of combined oral contraceptives may delay the onset of hidradenitis suppurativa among women and may improve disease severity.

If you take birth control understanding withdrawal bleeding is essential It may seem alarming but its usually nothing to ...

Combination birth control pills, or the pill for short, are oral contraceptives that prevent pregnancy. If you’re considering your birth control options, the pill is one of the most common and ...

The sharp fall in prescriptions for the combined contraceptive pill, recorded by the NHS in 2020-21 could be explained by the progesterone-only pill (the "mini-pill") becoming available over the ...

They typically contain synthetic hormones—either a combination of estrogen and progestin (combined oral contraceptives) or progestin alone (progestin-only pills). These hormones work by ...

Use of long-acting, reversible contraceptives is associated with an increased risk of certain cancers, a study suggests.

NEJM Evidence, has found a potential alternative to the abortion pill mifepristone, offering yet another option at a time when access t ...

Our earlier work showed the pill was responsible for preventing far more cancers overall than it contributed to. In previous research we estimated that in 2010, oral contraceptive pill use ...

It's a little pill with big responsibilities. But despite its primary role to prevent pregnancy, the contraceptive pill (or 'the Pill') could also help reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, according to ...