Many women at menopause use the contraceptive Pill or Coil to help control heavy bleeding. The synthetic hormones these contain are not the same as the natural hormones and have very different effects.
Synthetic and natural hormones are not necessarily compatible. For some conditions they go together, but you really need to know what you can, and can’t do.
For women who have difficulty remembering to take contraception, or where it is not easily available, injectable contraception has been popular but new research shows it carries a terrible risk of HIV infection.
The risk of Yaz and Yasmin blood clots is twice that of older birth control pills, according to data from a new study.