A contraceptive aimed at males was found to be 99 percent effective in studies when tested on mice, researchers say. The findings, released by the American Chemical Society (ACS) on Wednesday, said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Men might finally get a chance to bench their swimmers. A first-of-its-kind male birth control pill just cleared its first human ...

Women of childbearing age should take heed of several GLP-1 warnings. Anecdotes abound about “Ozempic babies”—when women wound up with unplanned pregnancies while taking both birth-control and the ...

An experimental, hormone-free male birth control pill has just passed its first safety test in humans. The trial included 16 people and was only intended to test whether the drug reached adequate ...

Many women may think birth control pills and condoms are better at pregnancy prevention than they actually are, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of more than 4,100 women who were seeking ...

In much of the world, “the Pill” has long been available on retail shelves, alongside vitamins and aspirin and the like. Not so in the U.S.—until very recently, when the Food and Drug Administration ...

Birth control pills are a highly effective way to prevent pregnancy, but some foods and supplements can interfere with how the pills work or increase the risk of unwanted side effects.

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 ...