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Birth Control Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Birth Control.

Results 1 - 20 of 176 in Birth Control

  1. Alternative forms of birth control

    19 hrs ago | The Justice

    ... Dear SSIS, It's so hard to remember to take the Pill every day! I really hate it. Are there any other hormonal birth control methods out there? Sincerely, Unsatisfied in Usen Dear Unsatisfied, The Pill isn't right for everyone, and the great thing ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, NuvaRing, Etonogestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Vaginal Ring (generic), Medication, Human Sexuality, Ortho Evra, Norelgestromin/Ethinyl Estradiol (generic), Provera, Medroxyprogesterone (generic)

  2. Family planning critical in HIV-ridden Uganda: U of A studyRead the original story

    Monday | Edmonton Journal

    ... living with HIV used only condoms--good for helping prevent the spread of infection but less effective in birth control because of incorrect use or defects. "From a family-planning standpoint, it's really not the best," Heys explains. "The best ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Uganda, Africa, HIV/AIDS, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

  3. Ohio Mother Charges Yaz Birth Control Drug Caused Life-Threatening Blood ClotRead the original story

    Sunday | Drugs.com

    Nov 19, 2009 - Wendy R. Fleishman of the national plaintiffs' law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP announced that Mae Walker today filed a personal injury lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for severe and lasting injuries caused by Bayer's birth control drug Yaz.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Belpre, OH, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medication

  4. Google's New Ad Formats for PharmaRead the original story

    Sunday | Clickz

    ... the hyperlinked ad headline will lead to advertiser designated landing page. At least one advertiser, Yaz, a birth control drug with a boxed warning from AstraZeneca, has launched these new formats. That means, presumably, that it received DDMAC ...

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    Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Internet, Science / Technology, Marketing

  5. Research by U of A student on HIV in Africa gaining attention

    Sunday Nov 22 | Edmonton Journal

    ... people in the study used only condoms, good for helping prevent the spread of infection but less effective in birth control because of incorrect use or defects. a oeFrom a family-planning standpoint, ita s really not the best. The best practice is ...

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    Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, World News, Uganda, Africa, Medicine

  6. Federal Court Appoints Girard Gibbs LLP Partner to Plaintiffsa ...Read the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | Business Wire

    ... than with other oral contraceptives," said Ms. De Bartolomeo. Yaz and Yasmin are two of the most popular birth control pills in the United States and the top-selling products for Bayer Pharmaceuticals. These birth control pills contain a unique ...

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    Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicine, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medication, Marketing

  7. Federal Court Appoints Girard Gibbs LLP Partner to Plaintiffsa ...Read the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | Earth Times

    ... than with other oral contraceptives," said Ms. De Bartolomeo. Yaz and Yasmin are two of the most popular birth control pills in the United States and the top-selling products for Bayer Pharmaceuticals. These birth control pills contain a unique ...

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    Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicine, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medication, Marketing

  8. Yaz and Yasmin Birth Control Lawsuits Continue to Mount The Onder...Read the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | PRWeb

    ... In some cases it is the families of women having died. The brief history of the best selling birth control pill in the United States contains multiple FDA warning letters, advertising retractions for minimizing risk and overstating benefits and a ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Health, Medication, Stroke, Healthcare Law, Law, Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer, PRWeb

  9. Loss of libido with Levlen/Levora?Read the original story

    Thursday Nov 12 | Ask MetaFilter

    Has anyone taking the birth control pill Levora/Levlen had a loss of libido? I've been taking this pill for a year now, and I've noticed a pretty steep drop in my libido.

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    Related Topix: Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medicine, Medication, Health

  10. Birth control dangers

    Thursday Nov 12 | FOX59.com WXIN-TV Indianapolis

    ... Dunn were rushed to the hospital with life threatening blood clots. At the time Christine was taking the Yaz birth control pill and Robyn was taking its sister birth control drug Yasmin. Both of these women were young and athletic and blame birth ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medication, Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer

  11. The Democratic Party: Still Looking Out for Women's HealthRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Nov 11 | Crooks and Liars

    ... whatever crumbs we get. Those crumbs, however, do not include routine gynecological care, nor do they include birth control. (Why am I so convinced that somewhere in this bill, Viagra is covered?) Thanks, Democrats, for standing up for women - ...

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    Related Topix: Women's Health, Health, Medicine, US News, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Abortion

  12. Birth Control: Bitter PillRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 10 | KTLA-TV Los Angeles

    ... were rushed to the hospital with life-threatening blood clots. At the time, Christine was taking the 'Yaz' birth control pill. Robyn was taking its sister birth control drug, Yazmin. Both young, athletic women blame their birth control for their ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain

  13. National sports photo galleriesRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 10 | Ottawa Citizen

    ... of women that may be at increased risk of developing breast cancer before menopause are long-term users of birth control pills (more than 8 years) and those who start taking it at an early age. In a few women, the use of birth control pills may ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medication

  14. Birth Control Options - Explained

    Monday Nov 9 | Woman's Day

    Are you confused by all the birth control options out there? In the last 10 years, there have been so many advances in pregnancy prevention that it's easy to get overwhelmed when deciding which one is right for you.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medication

  15. Yaz, Yasmin Lawsuits in New Jersey Could be Deemed Mass Tort

    Monday Nov 9 | Personal Injury Law News

    This year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandated Bayera 'maker of the birth control pill, Yaza 'to run a correction to its Yaz marketing that cost some $20-million. Bayer must also submit its ads to the agency for approval resulting from a legal settlement obtained by some state attorneys general and the agency.

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    Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medicine, Medication, Health

  16. Teva, In Turnabout, Sues to Protect Its Multiple Sclerosis Drug Copaxone

    Friday Nov 6 | BNET

    ... through May 2014. Teva is best known for its copycat drugs, from recently launched generic versions of the birth control pill Ortho Tri-Cyclen and the colorectal chemotherapeutic agent Eloxatin (oxaliplatin) to such blockbuster drugs as Adderall XR ...

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    Related Topix: Biotech, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis, Health, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medication, Protonix, Pantoprazole (generic), Healthcare Law, Law

  17. Birth control drugs and breast cancerRead the original story

    Friday Nov 6 | GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

    October was National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we should have been talking about how birth control drugs can double, or triple a woman's risk of developing breast cancer if she is over 40 and has been on a pill, worn a patch or had an injection for five, 10 or 20 years or more.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer, Oncology, Prempro, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medication

  18. Birth control drugs and breast cancer

    Friday Nov 6 | GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

    October was National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we should have been talking about how birth control drugs can double, or triple a woman's risk of developing breast cancer if she is over 40 and has been on a pill, worn a patch or had an injection for five, 10 or 20 years or more.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer, Oncology, Prempro, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Medication

  19. Health Reform Should Require Coverage Of Basic Gynecological Well...Read the original story

    Wednesday Nov 4 | Medical News Today

    ... screenings, counseling about sexually transmitted diseases and, perhaps most startlingly, the provision of birth control off the list of basic benefits all insurers must cover." In addition, none of these services are "protected from 'cost ...

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    Related Topix: Women's Health, Health, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Preventive Medicine, US News, Abortion

  20. Where's the Well-Woman Visit?

    Friday Oct 30 | The Nation

    ... screening, counseling about sexually transmitted diseases, and, perhaps most startlingly, the provision of birth control off the list of basic benefits all insurers must cover. Nor are these services protected from "cost sharing," which means that, ...

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    Related Topix: US News, Medicine, Health, Women's Health, Abortion, US Politics, US Senate, Robert Casey, Democrat