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A neuroscientist explains how hormonal contraceptives work − and how stress may increase or decrease depression risk while on them.
Medical workers navigate their own moral and religious beliefs, professional standards, the law and the realities of clinical work – which can be especially complicated in abortion care.
TikTok and Instagram misinformation is reportedly causing some women to stop taking their birth control.
Once available, Opill will be the most effective form of nonprescription birth control on the market. But you should still speak with your health care provider about any questions.
New federal pharmacare legislation is an important opportunity to give all Canadian women access to effective contraception and realize the right to reproductive health.
Oral contraceptives modify the menstrual cycle. What’s less well known is that they also reach the brain, particularly the regions important for regulating emotions.
The new over-the-counter pill is highly effective at preventing pregnancy but must be taken at the same time daily, which can be a limitation for some people.
With the approval of the first over-the-counter oral contraceptive, pharmacists stand to play an ever-increasing role in helping expand access to reproductive health care in the post-Roe era.
Mifepristone’s safety in medication abortions has been well established over more than two decades, but legal wrangling leaves the future of the drug hanging in the balance.
The increase in abortion restrictions may also lead to a decline in access to emergency contraceptives.
A computer modelling study suggests that oestrogen levels could get lowered by as much as 92%.
It was previously thought that only combined hormonal contraceptives carried an elevated breast cancer risk.
The FDA’s allowance for pharmacies to dispense mifepristone will broaden access to the two-pill mifepristone-misoprostol regimen of medication abortion, which is 95% to 98% effective.
Some states already allow pharmacists to provide birth control to patients with a prescription. But FDA approval of an over-the-counter birth control pill could greatly expand access.
There hasn’t been a new form of male birth control since the 1980s. More contraception options for all partners could help reduce the rate of unintended pregnancies.
Although the study found greater risk of blood clots for obese women taking the pill, the risk of developing one was still very low.
Research shows hormonal contraceptives may have small but significant effects on behaviour.
Each of these five drugs have brought some incredible benefits. But they’ve usually also come with a legacy of complications.
Period delay tablets may help you take control of your menstrual cycle – but only if used properly.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
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Adjunct Professor, La Trobe University
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Ph.D candidate, INSPIRE Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Sciences Po
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Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Lecturer in Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
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Professor Emeritus, Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor, Health Sociologist, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Substance Use and Inclusion Health, University of Stirling
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Environmental Social Scientist, Newcastle University
