The side effects of birth control include spotting, headaches, missed periods, mood swings, nausea, and more.

PHILADELPHIA — Combination estrogen and progestin hormone therapy can serve as a “necessary evil” for endometrial protection, but its use comes with caveats for some menopausal women, according to a ...

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Exeltis USA announced the commercial launch of Slynd (drospirenone), which is indicated for use by females of reproductive potential to prevent pregnancy. Slynd is a progestin-only contraceptive that ...

From 2008 to 2020, primary progestin therapy for endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia increased from 44.2% to 63.4%. Among the progestin users, one-third ultimately had a hysterectomy and 10% ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A national study involving 151 women from Western New York, conducted to assess the effect of hormone therapy on dementia and mild cognitive impairment, has shown that women 65 and ...

Elderly women who received progestin as part of hormone replacement therapy have poorer hearing than do women who didn’t get progestin, a new study finds. Researchers tested the hearing of 124 women ...

Hormone-replacement therapy for women during and after menopause can maintain bone strength, ease menopausal symptoms, and perhaps fend off heart disease. Two new studies indicate, however, that women ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Links to increased risk for breast cancer have been known for years surrounding the most common hormonal birth control combination of progestin and estrogen. Now, a new study ...

Hormone replacement therapy with estrogen and progestin does not alter the risk of stroke in postmenopausal women with heart disease, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American ...

Women with congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) need to be cautious when taking an oral contraceptive (OC), observational data suggest—those on progestin-only pills are nearly three times more likely to ...