"Birth Control"

She says drug caused organ failure, company knew it was risky

The government changes its tune and now says it will consider contraception as part of its global initiatives to help mothers and children in poor nations.

A Montara woman has filed a lawsuit against Bayer Pharmaceuticals claiming it sold birth control pills that it knew were risky and that she suffered organ failure as a result of taking them.

The prime minister has yet to divulge whether reproductive rights will be included in his maternal health plan.

NEW BRITAIN — A recommendation by Board of Education member Aram Ayalon to look at making birth control products available at school-based health centers was killed Monday when the board voted not to look at the language on the issue.

Opposition parties are stunned that the Harper government won’t support birth control as part of its foreign-aid plans for maternal health.

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to champion maternal and child health on the international stage has turned into a political fracas at home over the right of the world's poorest women to use contraceptives and have safe abortions.

A massive recall of 700,000 Remote Control Kits for Electric Fireplaces and Stoves has been initiated by Dimplex North America due to fire and burn hazards, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced. The recalled Remote Control Kits for Electric Fireplaces and Stoves were manufactured in China and imported by Dimplex North America, of [...]

DKT Healthcare (Thailand) plans to break into the contraceptives market with the help of its close ally, the Drug Store Club of Thailand.

Women who take the birth control pill are more likely to live longer than women who have never taken the pill, according to a study published Friday in the British medical journal BMJ, the AP/Boston Globe reports. Researchers in the United Kingdom followed more than 46,000 women who took the pill and then compared the mortality rate of those women with women who did not take birth control pills ...