Panel backs drug to curb premature births
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - Clinical data on Adeza   Biomedical Corp.'s Gestiva drug to prevent premature births are   adequate for it to win U.S. approval, an advisory panel said on   Tuesday, adding that future information on possible risks was   needed.
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The Health Select Committee is to investigate the role of the body which decides on which drugs should be available on the NHS.
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Wider but still restricted access to the morning-after pill may not have the dramatic effect on unintended pregnancy and abortion rates touted by some advocates, reproductive health experts say.
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British regulators recommended on Monday that physicians restrict the use of the anti-depressant Efexor from drugmaker Wyeth because its use could have side effects for heart health and pose other potential risks that require more careful monitoring than other drugs in the class. Wyeth said it would challenge the decision, but its shares slipped 3 percent.
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Two new studies are offering mixed  signals about the long-term safety of repeatedly giving  pregnant women steroid drugs intended to prevent complications  once a premature delivery seems likely.
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Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried governments may halt use of an AIDS drug that has protected thousands of babies from HIV infection in reaction to concerns about the drug's testing and effect on pregnant women.
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Newborns face little risk of birth defects from antidepressants taken by many women early in pregnancy, say the reassuring findings of the two biggest studies of this controversial link.
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Waiting before cutting a premature baby's umbilical cord reduces brain bleeding risk, say researchers.
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A cheap, easy-to-use drug that prevents bleeding after childbirth could help to save the lives of thousands of women in poor countries, researchers said on Friday.
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Screening embryos for chromosomal defects, a fast-growing practice aimed at helping older women to have a baby, in fact reduces the chance of a successful pregnancy, doctors reported here on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - A method of natural family planning that closely monitors two indicators of fertility is just as effective as oral contraception in preventing unwanted pregnancies if used correctly, European researchers report.
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LONDON, Sep 2 (IPS) - The London conference on reproductive health  concluded Thursday with a resolution backing the right to  abortion.
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Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried governments may halt use of an HIV antiretroviral drug that has protected thousands of babies from HIV infection in reaction to new concerns about the drug&#39;s testing and effect on pregnant women.
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The American Medical Association&#39;s policy-making board could make a decision today about supporting the safe importation of prescription drugs.
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WASHINGTON - A federal scientific advisory panel meets tomorrow to consider whether to recommend that a skin patch to enhance women&#39;s desire for sex should be licensed as a new drug.
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International family planning groups cut off from aid because of their position on abortion could gain access to U.S.-donated contraceptives under legislation approved by a House panel Tuesday.
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The Food and Drug Administration said on Monday the Roche Holding AG organ rejection drug, CellCept, boosts the risk of pregnancy loss in the first trimester and also the risk of congenital malformations.