Medically reviewed by Renita White, MDYou may have acne breakouts, especially around your period, when you stop birth control ...

If you just stopped taking hormonal birth control, your body and brain might feel all over the place. Maybe you’re having mood swings or getting serious acne and irregular periods. These ...

Since the approval of the first birth control pill in the 1960s, millions of women have relied on hormonal contraceptives to prevent unintended pregnancies, regulate periods and manage other health ...

When you’re on birth control, your body gets a steady dose of hormones that help prevent pregnancy by stopping ovulation (the release of an egg). These hormones also affect things like your menstrual ...

Millions of people use birth control to prevent pregnancy, manage painful periods, regulate hormones and reduce the risk of some cancers. But if you’ve been considering going off of birth control, ...

A growing number of young women are questioning hormonal birth control, influenced not by medical side effects, but by social ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Perhaps you’ve noticed something new at your local market. Opill, the first oral contraceptive approved by the FDA for over-the-counter use, began shipping to ...

Last Wednesday, Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper dropped a solo episode where she shared that she decided to come off birth control to start trying for a baby. There was just one problem: Shortly after ...

On TikTok and Instagram, a chorus of young influencers are advising women in their age bracket to ditch their hormonal birth control pills, saying they cause a cavalcade of problems for physical and ...

The birth control shot is a type of short-acting hormonal birth control method. Two types of birth control shots are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Depo-Provera and Depo-SubQ ...

Knowing what to expect when you stop birth control can help you prepare. When you’re on birth control, your body gets a ...