by Laura Wershler | Dec 14, 2011 | Birth Control, Law/Legal, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
Blood clots are a serious, if rare, side-effect of hormonal contraceptives. If left untreated, clots can lead to debilitating, or fatal, strokes. The increased risk of blood clots in users of some hormonal birth control brands has been the subject of several recent...
by Holly Grigg-Spall | Jan 19, 2011 | Menstruation
In the LA Times earlier this month, under the banner ‘oddities, musings and news from the health world,’ came a rewritten press release masquerading as one of the above that stated ‘Birth control pills using 24-day regimen may be more effective.’ Firstly,...
by Holly Grigg-Spall | Nov 24, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
15 Dangerous Drugs Big Pharma Shoves Down Our Throats Alternet recently posted a list of the drugs most likely to make you sick. Writer Martha Rosenberg’s ’15 Dangerous Drugs Big Pharma Shoves Down Our Throats’ contained some startling choices. Yaz...
by Holly Grigg-Spall | Nov 17, 2010 | Birth Control, Communication, Health Care, Law/Legal, Media, Menstruation
Despite facing ever-rising numbers of lawsuits over their top-selling drug – birth control pill Yaz – the Bayer pharmaceutical company has released a rebranded version, with added vitamin B. Despite, or perhaps as a result of, the mounting claims for...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 7, 2010 | Birth Control, Pharmaceutical
In the flood of media commemorating the 50th anniversary of FDA approval of the birth control pill, this story from the Washington Post about its newest iteration may just slide under your radar: FDA approves new birth control pill from Bayer. Bayer, as you may...
