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Bookmark or Share- Stroke risk factors you can control: Health conditionsWomen with an apple-shaped body may have a higher risk of stroke than women with a pear-shaped body. Postmenopausal women with a high blood triglyceride level and a waist size larger than 35 inches are more likely to have a stroke than postmenopausal women with normal cholesterol levels and a waist size of 35 inches or less.
- Migraine - Office on Women's HealthIn some women, birth control pills improve migraine. The pills may help reduce the number of attacks and their attacks may become less severe. But in other women, the pills may worsen their migraines. In still other women, taking birth control pills has no effect on their migraines. The reason for these different responses is not well understood.
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) - Office on Women's HealthBirth control pills. The FDA has approved a birth control pill containing drospirenone (droh-SPIR-uh-nohn) and ethinyl estradiol (ETH-uh-nil es-truh-DEYE-ohl), to treat PMDD. Over-the-counter pain relievers may help relieve physical symptoms, such as cramps, joint pain, headaches, backaches, and breast tenderness. These include: Ibuprofen; Naproxen
- Contact Us - Office on Women's HealthMost women do not ovulate (release an egg from the ovary) on the same day each month, so you can get pregnant after having sex without using birth control. Some types of birth control work better than others at preventing pregnancy, so if you do not want to be pregnant, you should use a highly effective type of birth control any time you have sex.
- Childbirth and beyond - Office on Women's HealthA federal government website managed by the Office on Women's Health in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 1101 Wootton Pkwy, Rockville, MD 20852 1-800-994-9662 • Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET (closed on federal holidays).
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