If you’re considering birth control for the first time, or you’re looking to switch up the type of birth control you already have, finding the type of contraception that’s right for your ...

The minipill is a type of birth control pill made with progestin. That's a man-made version of the hormone progesterone, which your body already makes. It's also known as the progestin-only pill ...

How did we get here? So the birth control pill was developed mostly in the 1950s. And it was approved first by the FDA in 1960. archived recording 1 They come in big bottles for a year’s supply ...

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta The Food and Drug Administration approved a hormonal contraceptive pill to be sold without a prescription, making it the first and only birth control pill to be ...

The pill was cleared by the FDA for use without a prescription last July. Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill that can be purchased without a prescription, will be available later ...

An FDA advisory panel on Wednesday unanimously recommended the agency allow a birth control pill to be available over the counter in the U.S. for the first time. The panel came to the decision ...

As the FDA considers whether to make birth control pills available over the counter, some are looking back at the controversial history of the development of "the pill." The Food and Drug ...

A group of 16 British men are involved in the trial of the pill, which is currently named YCT-529 and is the first ever hormone-free male birth control pill to be tested in humans. This pill ...

A recent investigation presented at ENDO 2024, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Boston, has uncovered a potential connection between birth control pills and increased anxiety.

These days, they're front-and-center for three of the most common forms of birth control: Sterilization (surgery) "The pill" (which contains hormones that prevent pregnancies) LARCs, or long ...