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Does taking birth control pills affect athletic performance?

Answer: Not likely.

Doctors and studies have found that female athletes, like most women, have few side effects from birth control pills. There may be some minor changes in the body, although doctors say those changes are mostly positive for athletic performance.

The worry among some women has....

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