Perspective from Jennifer Namazy, MD, FAAAAI The risk for asthma attacks significantly rose among women using a progesterone-only contraceptive pill who were younger than age 35 years or had low ...

TAKING a progesterone-only contraceptive pill for more than five years is linked to an increased risk of a life-threatening ...

NEW findings from a large population-based study suggest that the use of progestogen-only oral contraceptives (POPs ... These findings point toward potential phenotype-specific effects of exogenous ...

A new study has raised concerns that millions of people taking a common contraceptive pill could be at greater risk of ...

This approach only works with combination birth control pills containing estrogen and progestin. Progestin-only minipills can be ineffective. “The Yuzpe method is less effective than Plan B and ...

The abortion pill reversal drug has saved the lives of more than 7,000 unborn children since 2007, according to estimates ...

Combination birth control pills — those that contain both estrogen and progestin — stop you from ovulating. Progestin-only pills, also called mini pills, do the same. Just not consistently.

French researchers analysed data from over 8,000 women who had surgery for this form of tumour and compared this to the ...

Both combination birth control pills and progestin-only pills may cause headaches as a side effect. Additional side effects of birth control pills may include: Birth control pills aren’t ...

HR Pharma has filed for a prescription to OTC switch for Opill, a decades-old daily progestin-only pill, just a few weeks after its $2 billion takeover by Ireland-headquartered Perrigo was completed.

To a certain extent, some side effects are normal when stopping the pill. It’s possible to get more acne (as a result in ...