The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Since the FDA first approved the sale of the birth control pill in the United States in 1961, we have ...

Evidence shows that birth control pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin can increase the risk of different types of cancers and decrease the risk of others. Since 1999, the World Health ...

Hormonal birth control can both help and hinder chronic health conditions, depending on the specific method and the condition. Individuals with chronic conditions should consider how different birth ...

As misinformation about women’s health spreads faster than ever, doctors say new research on the risks of hormonal birth control underscores the challenge of communicating nuance in the social media ...

As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women with messages about the pill, many are questioning what they’ve long been told. As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women ...

In 1987, Zurich was a hotbed of radical feminism. For three Swiss francs (close to $6 today), left-wing bookstores sold a copy of a pamphlet called “Antisexistische Schrittversuche fuer die Aufloesung ...

When I was twenty-two, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Though I experienced symptoms for years, it wasn’t until I went a full year without getting a period that I realized I ...

Speed demons know pulling out as a merging strategy, while politicians use it synonymously with dropping out. But in the sexicon—yes, that’s sex lexicon—pulling out refers to an 'effective' birth ...

Social media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for health harms (like infertility or even abortion) that it does not cause, or ...

As misinformation about women's health spreads faster than ever, doctors say new research on the risks of hormonal birth control underscores the challenge of communicating nuance in the social media ...