Reuters

FDA advisers: revise popular birth control labels

ADELPHI, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. health advisers recommended a revision of labels for the widely used new generation of birth control pills, based on data showing they may put women at a higher risk ...
wjla

Feds approve label change for Depo-Provera warning women about possible brain tumors

WASHINGTON (7News) — This week, the FDA approved a label change on Depo-Provera, requiring its maker, Pfizer, to warn women about links between use of the birth control injection and brain tumors ...
Grand Forks Herald

FDA approves update to label on Ortho birth control patch

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved additional changes to the Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal (Skin) Patch label to include the results of a new epidemiology study that found that ...
CNN

As FDA advisers consider OTC birth-control pill, agency scientists worry it won’t work due to women’s weight and likelihood of following label

When Caitlyn Pace moved from the United States to Hong Kong three years ago to take a teaching job, she loved the food, the sights and the birth control. She was was pleasantly surprised to find that ...
Hosted on MSN

Women sue over claims Pfizer birth control caused tumors as pharma giant adds risk to label

Thousands of women are now suing pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over claims its popular birth control injection left them with 'life-changing' brain tumors. Lawyers told the Daily Mail exclusively that ...

When and how to talk to teens about birth control—according to pediatrician

An OBGYN told Newsweek it's important to create a space where conversations about body awareness are open, honest and ...
NPR

The FDA approves Opill, the first daily birth control pill without a prescription

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Angela Maske of Advocates for Youth about the FDA's approval of Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill. For the first time, a birth control pill will be ...
WRAL

As FDA advisers consider OTC birth-control pill, agency scientists worry it won't work due to women's weight and likelihood of following label

When Caitlyn Pace moved from the United States to Hong Kong three years ago to take a teaching job, she loved the food, the sights and the birth control. She was was pleasantly surprised to find that ...
KTBS

As FDA advisers consider OTC birth-control pill, agency scientists worry it won't work due to women's weight and likelihood of following label

The Opill label tells women that if they're more than three hours late taking their pill, they should take a pill as soon as they remember and use an additional form of birth control, such as a condom ...