The combined oral contraceptive pill contains two hormones, synthetic oestrogen and progesterone (called progestogen). All the approximately 20 brands on the market have a similar amount of oestrogen.

T he combined oral contraceptive pill, also known as “The Pill” is under scrutiny on social media platforms such as TikTok, with many users rushing to slate its side effect profile, in favour ...

Yamah Kollie, 36, was shaken when a nurse at the Duport Health Center, in Liberia's Montserrado County, delivered unexpected news: she was pregnant.Upset and frustrated by this unplanned conception, ...

A combined oral contraceptive pill containing 20 µg of ethinyl estradiol and 3 mg of the progestin drospirenone in a novel dose regimen (24 active pills followed by 4 placebo pills), has ...

If you miss a birth control pill, take it as soon as you can. (Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) Oral contraceptive pills consist of either the hormones progestin and estrogen or only progestin ...

Women who used combined oral contraceptives had a significantly higher mean age of hidradenitis suppurativa onset, as well as higher rates of concomitant polycystic ovary syndrome and ...

The combined contraceptive pill measures 0.9. That doesn’t mean ... “But some people just really don’t do well on either oral, injectable or implantable hormones. For those women, they ...

Is combined oral contraceptive use linked to SLE incidence? Chi Chiu Mok 1 Nature Reviews Rheumatology volume 5 , pages 360–361 ( 2009 ) Cite this article ...

George Rosenkranz, a chemical engineer known for his development of hormone-based contraceptives in the 1950s, died June 23 at his home in Atherton, California. He was 102. Over a research career ...