One important aspect of women's sexual and reproductive freedom is access to contraception. Data from the UN Population Fund shows how the rates of modern contraceptive use (e.g. condoms, birth ...

The moment you start thinking about getting pregnant, one of the first questions that pops up is surprisingly simple: When should I stop using contraceptives? It sounds like an easy decision, but your ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of hormonal contraceptives in women was associated with decreased incidences of ACL injuries vs. women not ...

Using birth control pills and other hormone-based contraceptives is known to elevate the risk of blood clots about three-fold, but a new study suggests that this risk largely goes away within two to ...

August 13, 2009 — Many women are using brands of oral contraceptives that have been linked to greater risk for venous thrombosis, according to the results of 2 studies reported in the August 14 issue ...

Using birth control pills and other hormone-based contraceptives is known to elevate the risk of blood clots about three-fold, but a new study suggests that this risk largely goes away within two to ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, researchers surveyed a nationally representative population of non-sterile individuals in the United States (U.S.) between the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Current medical guidelines discourage the use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) among people who experience migraine with aura—a type of migraine accompanied by temporary neurological ...

Among more than 20,000 women of childbearing age receiving treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) during 2019-2021, more than 90% did not have contraceptive use documented in their ...