I figured I’d skip it. For a long time it looked as though my plan would work: I was in the latter half of my fifties before ...

If you struggle to take your birth control pill on time, you're not alone. Over the course of just one month, 31% of women reported failing to take the pill on schedule and 16% said they had ...

Notably, these patches require a doctor's prescription. Birth control patch releases estrogen and progestin hormones through the skin into the bloodstream. These hormones prevent ovulation ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Lybrel, a brand name levonorgestrel-ethinyl estradiol formulation, in 2007. It was the first birth control ... The patch — also known as Twirla ...

the patch, or a hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) can affect estrogen or progesterone hormone levels and allow for ovulation. Other effects of getting off birth control can depend on the type of ...

It's hard to tell how much estrogen from birth control winds up in our taps In the US, around 15 million women regularly take birth-control pills, which typically rely on a synthetic form of ...