Natural family planning, barriers, hormonal methods, copper IUDs, and permanent sterilization have varying degrees of effectiveness. Family planning involves tracking fertility cycles and sexual ...

Birth control pills are drugs that can stop ovulation and thicken the cervical mucus to prevent pregnany. Some may be suitable for people with health conditions, but they may also cause side effects ...

Pills, intrauterine devices (IUDs) and other birth control methods can stop or delay a period for a variety of reasons, for instance, to reduce cramps or headaches or when the timing will be ...

Here is everything you need to know about your post-Roe birth control options and which are the most effective. Caroline Igo (she/her/hers) was a wellness editor at CNET and holds Sleep Science Coach ...

Birth control is so personal. As a family physician, I talk to my patients about birth control all the time. And the more I do it, the more I've come to realize that no two patients are alike.

Right now, people who don't want to get pregnant can choose from 17 birth control methods: eight prescription drugs or devices, four drugstore products, two surgeries, and three strategies that don't ...

Endometriosis may be treated with birth control therapy, such as oral contraceptives or an intrauterine device (IUD). Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder. It occurs when tissue that ...

The combined birth control pill uses synthetic hormones akin to the female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone. The chemicals manipulate the ovulation cycle, as well as the uterine lining and the ...

Researchers analyzed self-reported data from 2,147 female acne sufferers (ages 15 to 51), all of whom were taking some form of hormonal birth control. The gist: Vaginal rings and the Pill ...