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Doctors are allowed to prescribe Truvada "off-label" for HIV prevention, but FDA approval would allow the pill's maker Gilead Sciences to market it for that use

Birth-control pills are known to affect women’s taste in men, at least in laboratory experiments.

When Petra Cahill’s parents married in 1962, the pill was not yet legal, college tuition was a three-figure cost and most women didn't work outside the home. She set out to learn how they stayed together in the face of a culture that has changed radically.

When Petra Cahill’s parents married in 1962, the pill was not yet legal, college tuition was a three-figure cost and most women didn't work outside the home.

Many women are popping the pill for more than its pregnancy-prevention benefit, according to a study by the Guttmacher Institute. The study finds 33 percent of U.S

I sometimes think I could write an entirely different blog, devoted entirely to oral contraceptives. I don’t know that it would make any difference, but there is just SO much misinformation out there

The most obvious effect of birth control pills is, well...birth control. But the pill may have subtler effects, too. Like influencing which guy a woman goes for, and her satisfaction with him--in bed and out.