The nervous system is a major target for both positive and negative actions of hormones while using hormonal contraceptives.

One type that many people have had success with, though, is progestin-only birth control. You may have heard the term thrown around at your doctor's office or even with your friends. But it can be ...

Researchers analyzed the prescription records of over two million Danish women aged 15 to 49 between 1996 and 2021. They found that combined estrogen-progestin contraceptives were associated with ...

Many of the estrogen-free birth control alternatives contain progestin, which is an artificial version of the hormone progesterone. The minipill is a type of oral contraceptive that contains pills ...

A new study confirms previous findings that hormonal birth control is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. While the vaginal ring and the patch had the highest cardiovascular ...

Duchesnay Inc., a pharmaceutical company specializing in women's health and member of Duchesnay Pharmaceutical Group, winner of the 2024 Life Sciences Innovation Award by ADRIQ, is pleased to announce ...

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Increased risk seen with use of combined pill, progestin-only pills, combined vaginal ring, patch, and progestin-only implant. HealthDay News — Contemporary estrogen-progestin contraceptives are ...

Though arterial thrombotic risk was higher with hormonal contraception use, the absolute excess risks were low.

Progestin-only contraception is not well tolerated owing to bleeding. Future hormonal contraception for women with a high vascular risk may contain nontestosterone-derived progestins and 17β ...

Standardized VTE rates highest for combined pills, especially those containing third-generation progestins. HealthDay News — Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk varies across hormonal contraceptives, ...