For some women, using birth control pills comes with an unexpected side effect: stronger urges to overeat. A new Michigan ...

A new study suggests that some women may experience more emotionally driven eating while taking certain birth control pills.

Women actively taking a combined contraceptive pill seem more likely to emotionally eat, a new study has found.

TikTok has become a hotbed of birth control misinformation, with videos accumulating millions of views in which women blame their IUDs for pelvic floor dysfunction, autoimmune conditions, liver ...

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, June 18, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Birth control pills might increase some women ...

Birth control may help reduce the risk of breast, ovarian and other cancers in women. Findings suggest that women who took oral contraceptives for more than a decade cut their risk of developing oral ...

For millions of women, the sudden urge to polish off a pint of ice cream or demolish an entire bag of chips can feel ...

Two years after the FDA approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, new research shows it’s effectively expanding access to contraception. Women who took nonprescription Opill (norgestrel) ...

A University of Mississippi study reveals that young women aged 16 to 24 across the nation do not necessarily have the needed knowledge when it comes to birth control. Birth control pills are more ...

As if the AIDS crisis in Africa wasn’t bad enough, scientists now believe that a birth control method that’s popular in the eastern and southern parts of the continent is increasing women’s HIV risk.