The Pill
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How birth control pills may be affecting women’s brains
A new study finds that oral contraceptives appear to change an important part of the brain, but experts say the results aren't "game-changing."
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CVS is facing boycotts in dispute over mail-order birth control: 'This is incredibly dangerous'
People are calling for a boycott of CVS after the drugstore giant reportedly considers cutting reimbursement coverage for mail-order birth control pills, which would hurt low-income women and those in rural areas and with disabilities.
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'Hopelessly submerged in pain for days': What it's like to live with menstrual migraines
Menstrual migraines, which affect more than 50 percent of female migraine patients, tend to last longer and are more intense than other migraines, and they may not respond to typical therapies.
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Does hormonal birth control clear up or cause acne?
For years, dermatologists have prescribed hormonal birth control to help patients with acne. But for every group of patients that it has helped, it seems like there are plenty of others who say their skin got worse on birth control.
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‘The pain was so bad, I went to the ER a few times’: How birth control can work beyond pregnancy prevention
For many women, hormonal birth control can be "life-altering" when it comes to helping with health issues from endometriosis to bleeding disorders.
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Why is the Pill still being blamed for weight gain?
Tales of weight gain from birth control pills are rife, but research doesn’t back them up.
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'I found the right pill': Woman's before-and-after-birth-control photos showing off her clear skin are incredible
"It's so specific for everyone and I tried many different things but honestly it was just a fluke that I found something that worked," wrote Ellie Mahan.
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Birth Control Is Health Care, For the Record
As you may have heard, there’s an ongoing disagreement between?Republicans and Democrats in Washington over our nation’s?health care. Most Republicans want to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the cornerstone legislative achievement of Obama’s presidency; meanwhile Democrats want to hang onto it. A?particularly?contentious point is women’s health care, which seems to be?especially under attack?by Republicans. ...
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Getting a Year’s Worth of Birth Control Pills at Once May Soon Be a Reality
One of the more frustrating things about being on birth control pills is that there’s a limit to how many pill packs women are allowed to get at one time. Well, lawmakers in Virginia are working to change that.
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The Reason Kate Walsh Isn’t Having Kids
Kate Walsh revealed in a new interview that she’s not going to have children because she went through early menopause. I went through early menopause. Women who go through early menopause have the same symptoms as “regular” menopause — hot flashes, the loss of monthly periods, mood changes, vaginal dryness, and a decreased sex drive — they just experience them earlier than most women. Related: ‘I Am Now In Menopause’: Angelina Jolie Reveals About one to two percent of women go through menopau
