A new study found those who took hormonal birth control had had a 20 percent increased risk of breast cancer. Here's what you should know. Of the 1.8 million Danish women under age 50 followed for the ...

If you take contraceptive pills then be careful, because such medicines can increase the risk of breast cancer. Side Effects ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new study says that certain types of birth control pills are linked to cancer. The study found women who took high-dose pills had a 50 percent higher risk of breast cancer.

According to posts on TikTok, hormonal birth control can cause a nearly unlimited list of ailments: Depression, irreversible infertility, acne, destruction of the gut biome, weight gain, balding, and ...

TiKTokers ― some of whom bill themselves as “holistic healers” ― have been arguing that hormonal birth control comes with too many risk to be safe to use. Illustration: Kelly Caminero/HuffPost; Photo: ...

Ashley Wong, PharmD, is an experienced pharmacist and medical writer who translates medical and drug information into easily digestible language. Birth control, or contraception, is a device, ...

Several months ago, on a mockingly optimistic sunny morning and the start of a new month, I told myself I'd quit hormonal birth control pills. It felt like I was in middle school again, potentially ...

(CNN) — About two years after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States, a new study suggests that many people who may not have ...