Older teenagers would need their parents’ consent for almost any health care treatments under a proposed “parental rights” ...

You might have heard that you should use a back-up method of protection if you’re taking birth control pills and antibiotics at the same time. Turns out, you might not have to worry about it. Hosted ...

Eknath Shinde honors Bal Thackeray's legacy on his centennial, as the Shiv Sena navigates its split and seeks to re-energize its core identity.| India News ...

Research analyzing 11.5 million births finds no association between community water fluoridation and reduced birth weight, ...

BEIJING (AP) — China’s one-child policy, one of the harshest attempts at population control the world has seen, forced abortions on women, made sterilization widespread and led to baby daughters being ...

Researchers looked at birth weight, an important predictor of long-term health, in 11 million babies born in the United ...

A new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health finds that community water fluoridation (CWF) is not associated with significant changes in birth weight—a widely accepted ...

At the heart of emotionally safe sex is enthusiastic, ongoing consent, according to Dr. De-Lin. “That means checking in ...

America’s tumbling birthrate is pushing colleges toward a “demographic cliff,” where a declining population in the late teens and early 20s could leave campuses empty ...

Birth control interactions occur when medications or supplements affect how well contraception works or increase side effects. These interactions vary depending on the type of birth control you use.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new safety warning for Depo-Provera, a widely used birth control shot made by Pfizer, alerting patients to a possible risk for a type of brain ...

As misinformation about women’s health spreads faster than ever, doctors say new research on the risks of hormonal birth control underscores the challenge of communicating nuance in the social media ...