If you miss a birth control pill, take it as soon as you can. (Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) Oral contraceptive pills consist of either the hormones progestin and estrogen or only progestin ...

New mothers who start hormonal contraception after giving birth may face a slightly increased risk of depression in the ...

Pills that contain progestin and estrogen are called combined oral contraceptives (COCs). Most forms of modern birth control pills contain lower amounts of estrogen than they did in the past.

A progestin-only oral contraceptive, each pill contains 0.075 mg of norgestrel and is available in 28-day packs. There is no estrogen component in the pill, which should be taken daily at the same ...

Anyone who chooses to start the pill mid-cycle should use backup contraception for at least 7 days if using the combined pill and at least 2 days if using the minipill. To be extra careful ...

of whom 23.6% initiated combined oral contraceptives, 10.9% progestogen-only pills, 5.3% progestogen-only non-oral contraceptives, and 0.9% combined non-oral contraceptives. Mean follow-up ...

Eli Lilly said its experimental drug, orforglipron, helped people with Type 2 diabetes lower their blood sugar and lose ...

Women who used combined oral contraceptives had a significantly higher mean age of hidradenitis suppurativa onset, as well as higher rates of concomitant polycystic ovary syndrome and ...

It’s the third contraceptive pill the federal government has added to the PBS this year, after Yaz and Yasmine. But these two are combined oral contraceptives – meaning they contain both the ...

Use of hormonal contraceptives postpartum is associated with an increased risk for developing postpartum depression.

Researchers have found in a new cohort study that initiating hormonal contraceptives postpartum is linked to an increased ...