Women who take the combined oral contraceptive pill may be more likely to engage in emotional overeating, according to new research. Studies have long suggested a link between fluctuations in ovarian ...

Changes in negative affect did not mediate increases in emotional eating; increases also seen in women with clinically defined binge eating. (HealthDay News) — Active combined oral contraceptive (COC) ...

The study drug contained ethinyl estradiol (20 µg) and levonorgestrel (100 µg). The regimen consisted of 84 hormonally active pills followed by 7 days' worth of pills containing only ethinyl estradiol ...

Current medical guidelines discourage the use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) among people who experience migraine with aura—a type of migraine accompanied by temporary neurological ...

A decision-tree modeling study reveals that long-acting reversible contraception, especially the copper intrauterine device, ...

Birth control pills may lead some women to experience increased emotional eating, according to a longitudinal survey study published in JAMA Network Open. Scores were significantly higher during ...

A study found summer food insufficiency rose 4 percentage points among low-income households with children, while first-year Summer EBT participation was low and showed no measurable effect. Federal ...

Women using active combined oral contraceptive pills reported modest but consistent increases in emotional eating compared with inactive pill days, offering new insight into how synthetic hormones may ...

A new study from Michigan State University found increases in binge eating when taking hormone pills in the form of oral contraceptives - but not in all women. This is the first large-scale study of ...