Japanese Women Shun Birth Control Pill
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Five years ago Japanese women's rights advocates won their battle to legalize the birth control pill. Now they are waging an even tougher fight &#151; getting women to use it.
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According to a report published by the British Medical Journal, women who suffer from migraine headaches and take birth control pills are at a higher risk of having a stroke than those who do not.
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Certain low-dose birth control pills increase a woman's risk of a potentially deadly blood clot more than others and should be pulled off the market, a consumer group said Tuesday.
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omen on the birth control pill are protected from ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it
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Nikol Hasler doesn't recommend the "pull and pray" method of birth control. She says you should not have sex on nature trails because of bugs and Sasquatch. And if you hate your body as a teen, just wait.
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PHILADELPHIA Oct 21, 2004 - Women on the birth control pill had surprisingly lower risks of heart disease and stroke and no increased risk of breast cancer, according to the largest women&#39;s health study ever done.
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Women can buy the morning-after pill without a prescription, the government declared Thursday, a major step that nevertheless failed to quell the politically charged debate over access to emergency contraception.
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WASHINGTON -- New birth-control pills that are less effective in preventing pregnancy than the original contraceptives of the 1960s still could win federal approval if they promise other benefits, under a recommendation by health advisers.
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Women have long blamed the birth-control pill for packing on extra pounds. Now it turns out excess weight may be to blame when the pill fails to prevent pregnancy.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDayNews) -- Women who are overweight or obese are more likely to get pregnant while taking birth control pills than women of normal weight are, new research finds.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved the first birth control pill that  eliminates a woman's monthly period.
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PHILADELPHIA - US health officials are warning of flawed research in two major studies that recently suggested birth control pills can reduce the risk of heart disease and have no effect on rates of breast cancer.
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Japanese hepatitis patients on Thursday rejected a government compensation proposal in a high-profile scandal over tainted blood, a move that could further erode Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's falling poll ratings.
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Scientists reported on Wednesday a remarkable new side effect of the Pill -- it changes women's preference in men.
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Discounting fears that contraceptive pills adversely affect the health of women, a new research claims that the tablets, on the contrary, reduce chances of heart attacks.
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The first birth control pill designed to stop monthly periods has been approved for use in the US.
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Oral contraceptives with low  levels of estrogen and progestin reduce the risk of ovarian  cancer even more than older versions of the "Pill," according  to investigators at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.