Regarding Phillip Kaleida's Oct. 14 letter ("AG Is Wrong on Birth Control Rollback Lawsuit"):...Beerman, Mary
Unlike traditional birth control pills which create an artificial period every 28 days, women taking the new Seasonale stay on the drug for 84 days at a stretch. The pills aren't a new chemical. They contain the same combination of low-dose estrogen and progestin found in many oral contracep...
and effective birth control. In 1960, Enovid wasapprovedas a contraceptive, ushering a new age in women’s sexual health. But many of the pill’s side effects are still not entirely understood, and scientists are only now beginning to takedepressionin women who are taking birth control ...
When DuRose was taking birth control pills, her mood shift was noticeable to those around her; her former roommate even pulled her aside to express concern. Eventually, DuRose went online to search for information. She studied the product pages of the pills she was taking, reading the long li...
Researchers from Texas A&M University in College Station have discovered that women who had been doing resistance exercises and taking oral contraceptives at the same time appeared to gain less lean muscle in comparison to women who did the same type
In the 1970s, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended that women over 35 stop taking thebirth control pill. It was widely believed that the pill increased the risk of heart disease. But now we've learned that the risk is mostly for women who smoke. Additionally, the amount of...
With perfect use—meaning people never forget to take a pill and always take them at the same time every day—fewer than 1 in 100 women get pregnant during the first year of using progestin-only pills. Taking a pill at the same time each day is important for this method to be effective...
New research provides more evidence that hormonal birth control pills can negatively impact women’s cognitive performance. The study, published in the journal Hormones and Behavior, found that women taking contraceptive pills tend to have reduced perseverance when completing both simple a...
, and other pms symptoms when they go on the pill, they might not get much relief at all. that's because all birth control pills are not created equal, and every woman's menstrual cycle is different. “the pills that are most likely to help with those symptoms are the ones that stop...
K.O. Goh Chromosomal breaks in women taking birth control pills Research Report, 1967—Medical Division, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tenn (1968), p. 97 US AEC Report ORAU-106 Google Scholar 2. H.G. McQuarrie, C.D. Scott, H.S. Ellsworth, J.W. Harris, R.A. Stone...