birth control

For women, who have traditionally borne the heaviest burdens of responsibility when it comes to babies — making them or preventing them — the idea of an effective birth control pill for men sounds like the most welcome idea since the invention of cookie dough ice cream.

When it comes to birth control, some of us might be guided by any number of priorities, including convenience, comfort and (unfortunately) cost. But what about effectiveness? Ever since seventh grade health class - when the girls were separated from the boys, and the slightly overwhelming slideshow of human sexuality started - I have been thinking about what kind of birth control works best.

The Pill is such a little object but it can have a big effect on the course of a woman’s life. Possibly even more than most women know. One new study (via jezebel.com) from researchers in Scotland suggests that there’s a link between oral contraception and more lasting relationships.

Do you sometimes feel a little forgetful? If you take birth-control pills, they could be behind your foggy recall of details, according to new research.

A few years go, a friend of mine was rushed to the hospital with a searing pain in her chest that was so intense, she thought she was having a heart attack. It turns out she had a blood clot, a side effect from the birth-control pill that's more common in women over 35 who smoke (which she was, and she did) — one that can be fatal if it reaches your lungs.