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 ...

For many women, choosing birth control can feel overwhelming. There are pills, patches, implants, injections, hormonal IUDs, ...

How does birth control work? There are basically two types of birth control pills, synthetic forms of the hormones progesterone and estrogen, which can be close to 100 percent effective at preventing ...