by Laura Wershler | Jan 11, 2012 | Birth Control, Health Care, Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, Ovulation
The Internet abounds with articles, posts and forum discussions about coming off the birth control pill. Women are looking for information and advice. Many are trying to get pregnant, others are just done with hormonal contraception. It’s a topic that interests many...
by Laura Wershler | Dec 14, 2011 | Birth Control, Law/Legal, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
Blood clots are a serious, if rare, side-effect of hormonal contraceptives. If left untreated, clots can lead to debilitating, or fatal, strokes. The increased risk of blood clots in users of some hormonal birth control brands has been the subject of several recent...
by Laura Wershler | Nov 16, 2011 | Birth Control, Health Care, Men, New Research
Of the growing list of reasons why women might want to reconsider using birth control pills, this could well be the strangest. Researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto published a study on Nov. 15 in the BMJ Open Journal in which they found a “strong...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 5, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, Law/Legal, Pharmaceutical
An Oklahoma City news program prepared this investigation about health risks of Bayer’s best-selling birth control pill, YAZ, with dramatic personal stories. The video cannot be embedded here, but you can watch it and read the news story here. Previous...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 2, 2010 | Birth Control, Internet, Media, New Research
The Internet, especially the feminist blogosphere, is all abuzz this week with the promise of a new contraceptive pill for men within the next five years. But researchers always say a pill for men is just five years away, according to University of Washington medical...