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Hormonal birth control is a fact of life for millions of women. In the U.S. alone, more than 60 million women of reproductive age have used contraceptives according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

Game-changing contraceptives for men could be on pharmacy shelves as soon as 2029, according to the World Health Organization.

Many women worry hormonal contraceptives have dangerous side-effects including increased cancer risk. But this perception is often out of proportion with the actual risks. So, what does the research ...

More than 85% of women – and more than 300 million people worldwide at any given time – use hormonal contraceptives for at least five years of their life. Although primarily taken for birth control, ...

All hormone contraceptives, including progestagen-only “minipills,” carry a small “excess risk” of breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Oxford, but the overall ...

The Gauteng Department of Health has raised concern over low contraceptive uptake among women of reproductive age, with only ...

Gauteng's contraceptive uptake reached 32.45%, below its 43% target, as misinformation persists despite free public healthcare options for reproductive health.

A new study published in the journal of Clinical and Experimental Optometry showed that the usage of oral contraceptives was not substantially linked to either decreased tear production or ...

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Many women worry hormonal contraceptives have dangerous side-effects including increased cancer risk. But this perception is often out of proportion with the actual risks. So, what does the research ...