The FDA is expected to approve a period-stopping pill Tuesday. May 18, 2007— -- TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Women looking for a simple way to avoid their menstrual period could soon have access the ...

Men might finally get a chance to bench their swimmers. A first-of-its-kind male birth control pill just cleared its first human safety test, raising hopes that it could soon open the door to a new ...

Male birth control is progressing. The first of its kind, a hormone-free male birth control pill, has been deemed safe for humans, Scientific American reported last month. But the question is, would ...

Photo composite of human egg (oocyte) and sperm (spermatozoon), colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM). In the first clinical trial of its kind, a nonhormonal oral contraceptive that reversibly ...

(CNN) — About two years after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States, a new study suggests that many people who may not have ...