Abortion pill gets new safety warning
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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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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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The Food and Drug Administration ordered a strong warning for Pfizer Inc.'s injectable contraceptive called Depo-Provera, saying it could permanently weaken bones.
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Birth control pills taken by about 100 million women worldwide may clog arteries when taken more than 10 years, according to a study.
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WASHINGTON The father of a teen who died after taking an abortion pill says safety warnings added by the government aren&#39;t enough.
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WASHINGTON -- A morning-after pill implicated in the death of an 18-year-old California girl last fall will add new warnings linking RU-486 to the risk of serious bacterial infection.
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The government issued new guidance to pregnant women and those trying to conceive Friday, advising that they steer clear of alcohol altogether.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Joanne Silberner reports on the Federal Drug Administration&#39;s announcement of new warning language for labels on the drug Mifepristone, also known as RU-486.
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A new released report shows that nearly 70,000 women, almost half of them in Asia, die from unsafe abortions each year. Asia accounts for 55 percent of the world&#39;s unsafe abortions.
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WASHINGTON The death of a Northern California woman last year has prompted the maker of a so-called abortion pill to add new warnings about its use.
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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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U.S. regulators on Thursday warned doctors of new risks to newborn babies, including death, associated with combining an antibiotic made by Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG with certain other treatments.
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Scientists reported on Wednesday a remarkable new side effect of the Pill -- it changes women's preference in men.
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The drugs that control epilepsy may pose a risk to a fetus if a woman takes them while pregnant.
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FDA on Monday announced that it will revise the &quot;black box&quot; warning for Danco Laboratories&#39; Mifeprex, a drug taken to induce a medical abortion, in response to numerous reports of infection, bleeding and death among women who have taken the drug, the San
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Overweight and obese women are significantly more likely to become pregnant while on the contraceptive pill than other women, new research shows.
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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.