Sexual and reproductive health specialist, Dr Deborah Lee, has revealed if taking the contraceptive pill can make you stop ...

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 ...

However, this study further narrowed its focus specifically to new mothers who may have used contraceptive pills postpartum. The postpartum period is already a challenging time, marking a new chapter ...

It’s important to note the differences between each contraceptive method. “Some hormones used in pills can reduce levels of androgens, decreasing the production of sebum by your seborrheic ...

When a woman takes a standard oral contraceptive, her endometrium grows only a limited amount: it doesn't develop in the same way that it does when she isn't on the Pill,' says Dr Anderson.

The contraceptive pill has had a revolutionary impact on women’s lives, and allowed many couples to make decisions about when – or if – to have children.  But what happens when that decision isn’t ...

Contraceptive pills Yaz and Yasmin – which contain hormones drosperinone with ethinylestradiol – were added to the PBS on ...

Contraceptive pills taken by more than three million women in Britain may be significantly raising their risk of breast cancer, it was claimed last night. A 45 per cent increase in the disease was ...

Gynaecologists are still prescribing contraceptive pills with a heightened risk of ... Last autumn a 27-year-old woman who had been taking the Yasminelle contraceptive pill for six months died ...

A previously healthy 32-year-old woman presented to the emergency department ... She was counselled on alternative non-hormonal contraceptive options and lifestyle modifications and the potential ...

The pill has non-contraceptive uses ... heiress to the International Harvester fortune and the second woman to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sought researchers who ...