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Social media is full of myths about contraception. Dr. Jackie Walters says it’s time to trust science—not internet hearsay—to ...

Myths about birth control have long proliferated in the US (thanks in part to the abysmal state of sex ed), but recent events have amplified their spread—namely, the rise of influencers sharing ...

Anti birth control types love to point out that women use birth control so that they can slut around without the risk of getting pregnant (God’s most precious, precious punishment). But new research ...

Since the approval of the first birth control pill in the 1960s, millions of women have relied on hormonal contraceptives to prevent unintended pregnancies, regulate periods and manage other health ...

People who rely on birth control to deal with other health conditions are particularly worried about how misinformation about the drugs has entered the political sphere. Here's a fact about birth ...

Women across the country bonded online over their “Ozempic babies” – surprise pregnancies while taking GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro, despite being on birth control or having a history ...

A GOP Senate candidate from Minnesota has said that he finds the number of women on birth control "concerning" because the pills not only change female hormones, but also change the kind of men women ...

Aside from preventing pregnancy, birth control pills are commonly used to treat other issues like irregular menstrual cycles. Once you start taking them, you can usually expect period-like bleeding ...