Contraception

If you take, or have taken, hormone-oriented birth control pills, I don’t have to tell you that they can cause some pretty wacky side effects. In the first few months of taking a new birth control pill, your body may have reacted with slightly annoying cramps or breast tenderness to more serious migraines or breakthrough […]

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is now investigating claims that the morning-after pill may not be as effective when taken by heavier women. The investigation is the result of a November 2013 report by French drug company HRA Pharma. In that report, HRA Pharma acknowledged that its morning-after pill Norvelo was not as effective when […]