Some newer birth control pills need ban: group
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Some newer birth control pills, which carry twice the risk of dangerous blood clots as older contraceptives, should be banned, an advocacy group said in a petition filed with U.S. regulators on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- New birth-control pills that are less effective in preventing pregnancy than the original contraceptives of the 1960s still could win federal approval if they promise other benefits, under a recommendation by health advisers.
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The same huge federal study that led millions of women to abandon use of hormones after menopause now provides reassurance that another hormone concoction &#151; the birth control pill &#151; is safe.
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Women were urged not to panic today about the latest health warning over hormone replacement therapy. An American study involving almost 17,000 women aged
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Women who are overweight or obese have a much higher chance of becoming pregnant because their Pill has failed, researchers have found.
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The implication of an abortion pill in the death of an 18-year-old California woman will add new warnings linking RU-486 to the risk of bacterial infection.
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The new finding that birth control pills may actually help a woman&#39;s health is raising several questions, not to mention a few eyebrows.
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Women who are overweight or obese are more likely to get pregnant while taking birth control pills than women of normal weight are, new research finds.
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Doctors aren't doing a very good job of warning young women to avoid getting pregnant when they're taking prescription drugs that can cause birth defects, a new study suggests.
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With new warnings on an abortion pill, the Food and Drug Administration has given conservative medical advice. Whatever factors may have gone into the change, the FDA must focus on science, not conservative politics.
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Statiscians reviewing a study on oral contraceptive use find the study&#39;s claims that birth control pills reduce the risk of heart disease and does not increase the risk of heart cancer are wrong.
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PHILADELPHIA - Results of a controversial study suggest that women who use oral contraceptives have lower risks of heart disease and stroke.
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WASHINGTON -- Dozens of poor and minority pregnant women were put at risk when they were given dummy pills instead of a drug believed to prevent outbreaks of genital herpes, consumer watchdogs charged Friday.
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British researchers found that women taking the birth control pill for 15 years halved their chances of developing ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it.
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NEW YORK -- Consumer group Public Citizen is calling on the government to ban the drug Celebrex. On Friday, drug maker Pfizer said the arthritis painkiller could increase the risk of a heart attack or a stroke if taken in very large doses.
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Oct. 20, 2004 -- Birth control pills may lower women&#39;s risk of certain cancers and heart disease, according to two new studies from Wayne State University.
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Women who take the Pill are protecting themselves against cancer and heart disease, says a new study that contradicts numerous investigations and health scares.