Birth control pills News
World Contraception Day is observed on September 26 globally
To raise awareness about contraception, and reproductive rights, to empower women and men to choose
The study showed that healthy women who use birth control pills are poorer judges of subtle facial expressions than non-users.
Women who currently or recently used the progestin-only intrauterine system also had a higher risk of breast cancer than women who had never used hormonal contraceptives.
Despite 45% of users knowing the side-effects of modern methods, there has been a rise in the use of pills.
Oral contraceptives increase the risk of ischemic strokes, caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a blood vessel in the brain.
According to a recent study, popping contraceptive pills could protect against one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
The findings appeared in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
One compound that's been studied as a potential male contraceptive is testosterone.
Ladies! You may want to avoid using oral contraceptives as a new study has suggested that birth control pills pose a small but significant risk of the most common type of stroke.
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