The decision to stop taking birth control is a personal one, says Nicole Noyes, MD, Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Northwell Health. Some people stop taking the pill if they ...

Choosing between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and birth control pills for perimenopause may depend on medical history, risk factors, age, and symptom severity. HRT and birth control pills may ...

You may have grown accustomed to your period over the years, but at some point, things can begin to change. Perimenopause is ...

When hot flashes, night sweats and mood swings first start creeping in, many women wonder if they can simply stay on or switch to birth control pills to ease the transition. After all, both hormonal ...

This is the fifth installment in a series of articles about the science of various aspects of college life. Any Brown student can schedule an appointment with Student Health Services to review various ...

If you do want to switch to non-hormonal birth control, Alison Edelman, MD, an OB/GYN and Director of the , suggests a copper IUD. Its even better at preventing pregnancy than birth control pills, she ...