You might be able to test the limits on your beauty products, but birth control is one thing you don't want to use past its expiration date. Doing so can put you at increased risk of an unplanned ...

Your birth control pill is designed to prevent pregnancy, but it may also influence who you are attracted to, according to a small new study that found women on the pill preferred men with less ...

When will is be available in the UK? According to Dr Wang, who is a lead researcher at LA BioMed – the company working on the male contractive pill – we could be waiting another 10 years until the ...

While kids are a blessing, they need a lot of planning, care and attention to grow up healthy and strong. In the current economic state, people have to plan years ahead if they want to have a ...

Many women believe that the pill can cause weight gain. Research hasn’t found this – but it has found that it can change body shape (and fat storage) in other surprising ways. It’s been blamed for ...

If you take birth control and travel frequently, sitting down for long periods of time on a flight can be dangerous. (Getty Images) What’s on your holiday checklist? Skincare, check. Comfortable shoes ...

Oral contraceptives increase the risk of women suffering from certain types of stroke, new research suggests. Birth-control pills raise a woman's likelihood of suffering from an ischemic stroke, which ...

From weight gain to nausea, breast tenderness and menstrual cycle changes — the Pill has a long list of side effects. But a number of women have spoken out about what is probably the most unlikely ...