Hormonal birth control has allowed millions worldwide to manage their menstrual cycles and control their reproductive futures ...

Hormonal contraception may influence memory, attention, and emotional processing, suggesting its effects extend beyond ...

This model could help develop new, non-hormonal birth control methods for women. The study, published in the journal Biology of Reproduction, is part of ongoing work by senior author Leo Han, M.D., ...

Not getting your period after you go off birth control can be concerning, but it’s fairly common. Learn what happens to your ...

Researchers at the University of Ottawa and the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a new role for reproductive hormone secretoneurin (SN) and, for the first ...

Hormonal birth control is a fact of life for millions of women. In the U.S. alone, more than 60 million women of reproductive age have used contraceptives according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

Natural family planning, barriers, hormonal methods, copper IUDs, and permanent sterilization have varying degrees of effectiveness. Family planning involves tracking fertility cycles and sexual ...

Your hormones need to be in sync for pregnancy to begin. Ovulation, implantation, and early embryo development all depend on ...