Oral Contraceptive

DENVER — For women with polycystic ovary syndrome and overweight or obesity, neither oral contraceptive pills nor metformin altered the characteristic markers of metabolic syndrome, either alone or in combination, researchers reported.

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Women who use contraceptive pills may be at a higher risk for frontal fibrosing alopecia, according to a study.

Two experts recently debated the value of low-carb diets in gestational diabetes at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.

In July, the FDA approved norgestrel as the first nonprescription, over-the-counter daily oral contraceptive to prevent pregnancy.

A large analysis of UK Biobank data indicated no increased CV risk from birth control and even suggested a potential cardioprotective effect from oral contraceptive use, researchers reported.

The FDA today approved a progestin-only pill as the first nonprescription daily oral contraceptive to prevent pregnancy.

Pregnancy likelihood was higher when women using an estetrol and drospirenone combined oral contraceptive reported not taking all hormone-containing pills per 28-day cycle, according to a secondary analysis.

SAN DIEGO — Internal medicine physicians “really share the responsibility” for patients seeking contraception, according to Pelin Batur, MD, FACP, NCMP.

Although about half of primary care physicians who treat Medicaid patients offered oral contraceptives, just 10% provided longer-acting birth control methods like intrauterine devices, according to researchers.