New Birth Control Pills Could Win Approval
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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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WASHINGTON -- Women with an aggressive form of advanced breast cancer that other treatments have failed to stop gained a new option Tuesday with the approval of a novel drug _ but how much benefit it offers is unclear.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc is preparing for a  "renaissance" of its oncology business, led by Tykerb, a novel  pill that is expected to win U.S. regulatory approval for  breast cancer next month.
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School officials on Thursday defended a decision to allow children as young as 11 to obtain birth-control pills at a middle-school health center, saying the new policy is aimed at a tiny number of sexually active students.
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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 â-he birth control pill â -safe.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new sleeping pill that some specialists say could pave the way for longer-term use of such medications.
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A new device to treat uterine fibroids, fibrous clumps that can cause miscarriages, painful menstruation and other related problems in women won US regulatory approval on Friday.
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Life & style: Women will be able to get the contraceptive pill from their high street chemist under new plans
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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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A new study conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggest that overweight and obese women who take oral contraceptives are 60 percent to 70 percent more likely to get pregnant while on the birth-control pill, respectively, than women of
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The recent decision by the Food and Drug Administration to strengthen warnings on labels for mifepristone, more widely know as RU-486, appears sound.
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PHILADELPHIA Oct 21, 2004 - Women on the birth control pill had surprisingly lower risks of heart disease and stroke and no increased risk of breast cancer, according to the largest women&#39;s health study ever done.
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LONDON -- Women on the birth control pill are protected from ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it, scientists said.
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The results from the new clinical trial could increase the chances that the Food and Drug Administration will approve the drug for that use.
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Women's rights groups seeking easier access to emergency contraception are pressuring U.S. regulators as they try to decide whether to approve a non-prescription "morning-after" pill.
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It turns out that the new male contraceptive pill under development stops more than sperm. One of the U.K. researchers behind it tells us how it works. In Bodyhack.
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[Health India]: Washington, Dec 29: A new study conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggest that overweight and obese women who take oral contraceptives are 60 percent to 70 percent more likely to get pregnant while on the birth-control