Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The North American Menopause Society has released updated recommendations to its 2008 position statement ...

As much as they may be a small nuisance to take every day, oral contraceptives — that’s the pill — are here to stay (at least until better, longer-term, and more convenient birth control options come ...

Cancer therapy has improved significantly in recent years, and the concept of care has changed as well. Whereas in the past, cancer therapy was radical and definite, now new, more conservative ...

New research has found that all hormonal contraceptives “carry a small increased risk of breast cancer,” The Guardian reports. Previously only the combined pill was linked to an increased risk of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Relative risk for breast cancer rises about 20% to 30% with recent use of any oral contraceptives. Current or ...

An analysis of almost 10,000 women with breast cancer under the age of 50 found a similar association regardless of the type of hormonal contraceptive Use of combined oral contraceptives, containing ...

Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the US. Inform your patients of sun protection measures they can take. A strong influence of progestogens used before menopause on melanoma risk ...

Progestogen for the economy The ongoing debate about bioethics has served for me to learn a new word: progestogen. It refers to a group of steroids that keep a pregnancy going to successful delivery.

October 25, 2011 — Women who use oral contraceptives (OCs) containing desogestrel, gestodene, or drospirenone may double their risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared with users of ...

The government is asking the public whether some contraceptive pills should be sold over the counter without prescription for the first time. A public consultation running until Friday, external ...

Question: Is breakthrough bleeding while on HRT normal? I have been using an oestrogen patch twice weekly with 14 days on progesterone for a few years and recently my periods have gone from regular to ...