Charlotte Freed first got a hormonal IUD when she was a teenager. She wasn't sexually active at the time, but she wanted to be protected from pregnancy before she started college. This was also a time ...

The Georgia House passed a bill that would allow women to obtain birth control drugs directly from pharmacies without a prescription, which would expand access to contraceptives in the state and help ...

LA Times Studios may earn commission from purchases made through our links. Hormonal birth control has always been the norm for many but as personalized wellness grows, researchers and clinicians have ...

Hormonal birth control can both help and hinder chronic health conditions, depending on the specific method and the condition. Individuals with chronic conditions should consider how different birth ...

Birth control in the US right now is full of contradictions. Access to contraceptives has never been easier. Many states have passed legislation to allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense hormonal ...

Wellness influencer and entrepreneur Dr. Casey Means shared a vision for addressing the root causes of chronic disease ...

Posts urging women to stop using traditional oral contraceptives are exploding online, in part due to influencers promoting them with hashtags like #stopthepill, #hormonefree and #naturalbirthcontrol.

As misinformation about women’s health spreads faster than ever, doctors say new research on the risks of hormonal birth control underscores the challenge of communicating nuance in the social media ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals recalled almost 27,000 packs ...

Essure birth control was first approved in 2002. — -- U.S. regulators said they would review a popular birth control implant device at a panel this week following multiple complaints. The implant ...

Separating fact from fiction around the pill. Birth control is used by millions of women but the questions around it are never ending for women -- from whether it will cause cancer or help prevent ...