Studies show Depo-Provera users have much higher relative risk of developing meningiomas, although overall risk remains low ...

Reversible contraceptives like birth control pills, patches, IUDs and implants do not cause permanent infertility for most ...

Studies show that women who use a contraceptive injection known as Depo-Provera could increase their risk of benign brain tumours by as much as 500 per cent.

New research explores how hormonal contraceptive use may influence cardiovascular and thrombotic risk in women, including ...

Taking certain common contraceptive hormones for a year or more is associated with an increased risk of developing a brain tumor that requires surgical removal, according to a new study. The findings ...

Background: More than 30% of the pregnancies in women aged 35 and over are unintended. This paper compares perceptions about contraceptive methods and use among women with and without an unintended ...

The use of contemporary hormonal contraception is associated with a significantly increased relative risk for ischemic stroke and, in some cases, myocardial infarction (MI), a new real-world study ...

Karina Martinez is a double major in biology and neuroscience and she is a 2024-25 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own. "I ...

Nigerian women who are wealthier, more educated and urban are more likely to use modern contraceptives than poorer, less educated and rural women. This is one of the findings of a study that assessed ...