New Precaution for Contraceptive
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A new study showing an increased risk of blood clots among women using a contraceptive skin patch has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to add that finding to the drugâs label.
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Drug company Pfizer is assuring patients there will be plenty of information about the possible side effects of a contraceptive. The injectable drug Depo-Provera has the potential to decrease women&#39;s bone mineral density, which may lead to osteoporosis.
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For more than a decade, scientists have argued whether newer oral contraceptives cause certain types of blood clots more often than their predecessors.
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SUNDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDayNews) -- The day when men can take a pill or rely on an implant to keep them from fathering a child may only be a few years away, experts say.
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Overweight and obese women are 60 to 70 per cent more likely to get pregnant while taking an oral contraceptive than the women of normal weight, a new study shows.
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TRENTON, N.J. -- The first chewable birth-control method, a spearmint-flavored tablet that also can be swallowed without chewing, has hit pharmacy shelves.
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Discounting fears that contraceptive pills adversely affect the health of women, a new research claims that the tablets, on the contrary, reduce chances of heart attacks.
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The contraceptive pill has prevented some 200,000 cases of ovarian cancer and 100,000 deaths from this disease since its introduction nearly half a century ago, according to a study published in next Saturday's Lancet medical journal.
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THURSDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- A vaccine against a sperm-related protein made male monkeys temporarily infertile, an approach that might lead to a contraceptive for men, researchers report.
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Oral contraceptives appear to prevent heart disease and some cancers in women, according to the largest study into the long-term health impact of the Pill.
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The contraceptive pill has prevented at least 100,000 UK deaths from ovarian cancer, researchers say.
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A new study showing an increased risk of blood clots among women using a contraceptive skin patch prompted the Food and Drug Administration on Friday to add that finding to the drug's label.
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The Pill, can reduce your risk of cancer and heart disease, a new study finds. Researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit used information from 162,000 women in the most comprehensive study on long term contraception.
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The risk of blood clots in the legs and lungs may be higher for women using the birth-control patch instead of the pill, according to a warning on the product's label disclosed Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - An effective hormonal contraceptive for men may be on the horizon, a new study suggests.
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WASHINGTON -- An abortion pill implicated in the death of an 18-year-old California woman last fall will add new warnings linking RU-486 to the risk of serious bacterial infection.
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A contraceptive vaccine for men that temporarily blocks male fertility has come a step closer with a study showing it is possible to inoculate monkeys against their own sperm.