Let’s talk about a common yet often misunderstood condition that affects millions of people worldwide: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or PCOS. What’s PCOS Anyway? Well, PCOS is a condition in which the ovaries produce too many androgens, or male sex hormones, that are usually present in women in just small amounts. It can manifest differently from […]
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Beyond Pregnancy Prevention: Other Benefits of Pills
Oral contraceptive pills or “pills” contain the hormones estrogen and progestin that mimic the hormones women naturally produce. These hormones do a couple of things to ensure that pregnancy is not going to happen: they stop the ovaries from producing eggs for ovulation so that there’s no egg for the sperm to fertilize; they make […]