At the awards ceremony at the 2018 Wildflower Triathlon, professional triathlete Kelly O'Mara wondered if she should quit her birth control pill. She was sitting with several other athletes and they ...

The birth control pill is the most popular form of hormonal birth control in most countries. But there are other types, including some new forms, that allow you to have more options as you choose a ...

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One aspect of hormonal contraceptives' effect on the teenage body remains a mystery -- whether and how they modify the developing brain. New research in young rats links synthetic hormones found in ...

Hormonal birth control is a fact of life for millions of women. In the U.S. alone, more than 60 million women of reproductive age have used contraceptives according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

Matthew Treviño and Emily Fletcher have been participating in a clinical trial at UC Davis Health to test a reversible hormonal birth control gel for men. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis) Matthew Treviño and ...