Jenn BashamAssociate News EditorThe Food and Drug Administration recently added a black box warning to Depo-Provera, the popular injection contraceptive, after studies revealed that prolonged use of ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of 2017, 65.3% of women between the ages of 15 and 49 in the United States use a form of birth control. Of this population, 10.4% ...
A video clip circulating on social media has triggered widespread concern in South Africa and beyond. In the clip, Dr Von ...
Depo-Provera is an injectable form of birth control manufactured by Pfizer that contains a synthetic hormone, medroxyprogesterone acetate, which prevents pregnancy by stopping ovulation, thickening ...
I work in several family-planning clinics serving low-income/uninsured women, many of whom have been on medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera) for more than 10 years. Should we be doing bone density ...
Since the beginning of the year, there has been a rise in the number of lawsuits against pharma giant Pfizer over its injectable contraception, Depo-Provera. Consumers have increasingly joined ...
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) faces mounting legal challenges over claims that its contraceptive injection Depo-Provera (DMPA) is linked to brain tumors, with a key court hearing set for late September that ...
The costs of an intracranial meningioma diagnosis can be substantial. Not only can this diagnosis lead to a lifetime of medical bills and other costs, but it can drastically reduce patients’ quality ...
New US peer-reviewed study adds to body of research confirming link between use of Depo-Provera and increased risk of brain tumours A hearing in the Depo-Provera legal action against Pfizer Inc. (NYSE ...