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

Barrier and hormonal contraception methods only temporarily prevent pregnancy. Once a person stops using these methods, the body’s natural fertility will typically resume. Sterilization methods, such ...

Certain progestin-only injectable contraceptives are associated with a significantly increased risk for surgically treated intracranial meningioma.

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

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...