News tagged with oral contraceptives

Study finds men most attractive with heavy-stubble

(Medical Xpress)—A research team from the Evolution and Ecology Research Centre at the University of New South Wales has found that women find men most attractive when they have approximately ten days of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Apr 29, 2013 | 3.7 / 5 (35) | 8 |

Birth control pills affect memory, study finds

Women who use contraceptives like birth control pills experience memory changes, according to new UC Irvine research. Their ability to remember the gist of an emotional event improves, while women not using the contraceptives ...

Neuroscience Sep 09, 2011 | 4.4 / 5 (8) | 1 |

Women on Pill pick a dud in bed but a dude in the home

Women who take the Pill tend to choose as partners men who are less attractive and worse in bed but a sounder bet for a long-term relationship, according to an unusual study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B ...

Other Oct 12, 2011 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 2

Certain birth control pills may carry higher blood clot risk: FDA

(HealthDay) -- U.S. health officials announced Tuesday that birth controls pills containing drospirenone -- a man-made version of the hormone progesterone -- may be associated with a higher risk of blood clots ...

Medications Apr 10, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

France at odds with European medicines agency over Pill (Update)

France insisted Friday on restricting the prescription of newer-generation birth control pills even as Europe's medicines watchdog declared there was no evidence to back a health warning.

Medications Jan 03, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

Study finds convincing evidence that the combined oral contraceptive pill helps painful periods

A large Scandinavian study that has been running for 30 years has finally provided convincing evidence that the combined oral contraceptive pill does, indeed, alleviate the symptoms of painful menstrual periods – dysmenorrhoea. ...

Health Jan 18, 2012 | 2 / 5 (1) | 0

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