GLP-1 medications initially were used to help people with diabetes improve their insulin resistance and hunger cravings.

The oral contraceptive pills Yaz and Yasmin will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from March 1 2025, ...

From a pool of over 2 million women of reproductive age, users of most methods of hormonal contraception -- including ...

Certain contraceptives may carry a slightly increased risk of heart attacks and strokes in women, according to a large new ...

Overdosing on oral contraceptives, or taking more than one pill per day, usually isn’t life threatening. You most likely won’t experience any major side effects. It’s not at all uncommon to ...

Hormonal contraceptives like the vaginal ring, skin patch, and estrogen-progestin pills are more likely to increase the risk ...

BMJ study finds non-oral combined contraceptives to carry the highest risk, but doctors advise women against stopping birth ...

Birth control pills that contain estrogen are more likely to cause these severe side effects. These side effects are less likely with progestin-only pills. This comes at a trade-off, though.