THE mini pill, also known as the progestin-only birth control pill, is an oral contraceptive that benefits certain groups of women. The progestin dose in a mini pill is lower than the progestin dose ...

Come this summer, women could have access to birth control pills without a prescription for the first time in US history. The Food and Drug Administration is weighing the merits of approving a type of ...

CONTRACEPTIVE pills can be bought over the counter in pharmacies for the first time in the UK today. The change has been made possible due to a reclassification of two progestogen-only pills, widely ...

US authorities approved a birth control pill last week which is the first that can be purchased without a prescription. This comes in light of the country’s Supreme Court overturning a key court case, ...

Birth control is a simple and convenient way to prevent pregnancy, whilst also having a number of other benefits such as reducing acne, making periods lighter and more regular, and easing menstrual ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the oral contraceptive Opill for over-the-counter use, making it the first nonprescription birth control pill in the United States, but it will be ...

For the first time in the US, a pharmaceutical firm has asked to be allowed to sell birth control pills over the counter. The announcement comes just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned the ...

The most commonly used and prescribed birth control pill in the U.S. was classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) as carcinogenic. In ...

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Women who start taking birth control pills as teens have a drastically higher risk of developing depression than those who have never taken contraception. A new four-year-long study found that women ...