Researchers find higher emotional eating scores during active pill use, though experts say the clinical significance remains ...

A study has found that the combined contraceptive pill may increase binge-eating risk in some women.

Learn more about oral contraceptives and the impact they can have on disordered eating, and how self-monitoring may help ...

A foreign study has found that some oral contraceptives may trigger binge eating. A joint research team from the United ...

The researchers found that over-the-counter, progestin-only oral contraceptive pill users were more likely to be uninsured and to reside in rural areas, compared with prescription users. HealthDay ...

Active combined oral contraceptive (COC) pills are associated with an increased risk for emotional eating (EE), according to ...

Over-the-counter (OTC) oral contraceptive pill access was linked to a 31.8 percentage point increase in contraceptive initiation among nonusers and a 41.0 percentage point increase in transitioning ...

Two years ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of an over-the-counter birth control pill for the first time in the United States without a prescription. A nationwide study published ...

In a push to make oral contraceptives more accessible, some pharmacists are now permitted to prescribe the medication to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Seven percent of women reported discontinuing oral contraceptives due to weight gain. Women with overweight or ...