New conversations are sparking around birth control pills and cancer. The World Health Organization has classified combined oral contraceptive pills as Group 1 carcinogens since 2008. Data suggests ...

While the classification was made over a decade ago, viral posts on social media have claimed that the birth control pill has ...

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Hormonal birth control helps acne because it lowers the androgens causing breakouts. Learn which types of birth control work best or could make acne worse.

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Generally, if you smoke 15 or more cigarettes a day, don’t use the pill or other birth control methods that involve estrogen like the patch and ring, according to Planned Parenthood.

WASHINGTON (7News) — Millions of women in the United States trust the safety of their birth control, never imagining it could lead to severe health conditions like a brain tumor. Yet, cases ...

Hormonal birth control has been shown to deplete key nutrients like folate, vitamins B2, B6, B12, C, and E, along with minerals such as magnesium, selenium, and zinc.

Beginning July 1, Tennessee will become the first — and only — state in the South to have codified the right to access fertility treatments and birth control into state law.

Tennessee is poised to become the first, and only, southern state to codify protections for IVF and birth control into law. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images) In a legislative session dominated by the GOP ...

Beginning July 1, Tennessee will become the first — and only — state in the South to have codified the right to access fertility treatments and birth control into state law.