The mom had stopped getting Pap smears after giving birth. When she was diagnosed with cancer twice, unusual pets helped keep her going: “They bring me so much happiness." ...

Research analyzing 11.5 million births finds no association between community water fluoridation and reduced birth weight, ...

Actress Constance Zimmer claims her longtime reliance on hormonal birth control led to menopausal mayhem once she hit her ...

Kristan Hawkins is not what you might call a unifying figure. The founder and leader of Students for Life of America, a grassroots anti-abortion network, Hawkins travels to college campuses for ...

If you took the warning label that comes with your birth control and tossed it right in the trash, you wouldn’t be alone. After all, every medication comes with a risk of side effects, and those ...

The most common side effects of birth control methods are minor and temporary. But it’s important to be aware of the more serious risks, too, before you choose a contraceptive method. While 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 ...

This is a Kentucky Lantern story republished under Creative Commons. See more from Kentucky Lantern here. Sophia Harris first got on birth control pills at age 10 to manage “out of control” hormone ...

This is the fifth installment in a series of articles about the science of various aspects of college life. Any Brown student can schedule an appointment with Student Health Services to review various ...

Charlotte Freed first got a hormonal IUD when she was a teenager. She wasn't sexually active at the time, but she wanted to be protected from pregnancy before she started college. This was also a time ...