A male contraceptive drug that temporarily stops sperm in just 30 minutes has been given the go ahead for further clinical ...

Medicine mix-ups happen at home. A man may swallow his partner’s pill by mistake. Others wonder if the pill could work for ...

Experts say contraceptive pills do not affect everyone the same way. Breast and cervical cancer risks may rise slightly, while ovarian and endometrial fall.

Reversible male hormonal contraception could reach the market within five to 10 years. But why has this development been so slow?

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a four-year, $8.2 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human ...

The combined pill can also be used for heavy bleeding, period pain, endometriosis and some hormone-linked symptoms, but ...

I think my contraception failed. The condom broke or slipped off. I had unprotected sex. If you are worried about pregnancy ...

Researchers are testing male contraceptive pills, gels, and injections, but safety, pregnancy prevention, and reversibility ...

From Margaret Sanger’s advocacy and Katharine Dexter McCormick’s financial support to the scientific breakthroughs behind ...

At 26, Luis Miramontes completed a laboratory experiment that helped transform contraception. Seventy-five years later, the ...

Nearly a third of women with epilepsy prescribed hormonal contraceptives also receive enzyme-inducing ASMs, despite ...

A new study finds that young women using combined oral contraceptives show significantly higher fasting glucose and ...