Sex hormones impact the activities of billions of cells in the body at once, many of which are in the brain. But there's a lot more to the pill than meets the eye.Īlthough women go on the pill for a small handful of targeted effects (pregnancy prevention and clearer skin, yay!), sex hormones can't work that way. Women are going to college, graduating, and entering the workforce in greater numbers than ever before, and there's good reason to believe that the birth control pill has a lot to do with this. By allowing women to control their fertility, the birth control pill has revolutionized women's lives. This groundbreaking book sheds light on how hormonal birth control affects women-and the world around them-in ways we are just now beginning to understand. This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences by Sarah HillĪn eye-opening book that reveals crucial information every woman taking hormonal birth control should know
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