Searching for the right birth control can feel like a serious quest, and sometimes it takes trial and error to decide on the ...

Headache trajectories vary for postmenopausal women who use menopausal hormone therapy, according to a poster presented at ...

Overall, this suggests that the cumulative risk of breast cancer before age 55 for women taking estrogen/progestin is about 4 ...

Two types of birth control shots are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Depo-Provera and Depo-SubQ ...

The risk associated with progestin-only birth control is broadly in line with the risk already known to be associated with combined contraceptives, a study says.

The study, published Tuesday in The Lancet Oncology, focused on women under 55 with and without a uterus. CBS News medical ...

Associations between hormone therapy and young-onset breast cancer (diagnosed at younger than 55 years) vary, according to a ...

Hormone therapy may be used by young women to relieve symptoms from hormone-­related conditions, menopause, or gynecologic ...

Experts say the progestin-only pill will increase access to people who may not have access to the health care system for a prescription.

Blood clots are rare, but they can be dangerous. Your birth control may make you more likely to get one. Find out which birth control methods put you at risk for DVT and PE, and how much.

Does the birth control shot make you gain weight? The birth control shot has high amounts of progestin (the appetite-stimulating hormone mentioned earlier).

Scientists in Denmark examined the risks associated with vaginal rings, skin patches, IUDs, implants inserted under the skin, injections, estrogen-progestin pills and progestin-only pills.