There are more safe and effective options than ever before but what’s safe for one person may not be the best option for ...

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 ...

With several birth control options available, doctors say some methods are more effective than others and have different side ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I can hardly remember a time when I wasn’t on birth control. Doctors put me on the pill at 16 to help ...

A new smartphone app offers to prescribe birth control without seeing a doctor in person. It's called Nurx and it's now available in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Once you download the app, the patient ...