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% ...

More Australian women have come forward with concerns about serious side effects from the popular contraceptive Depo-Provera, with many claiming they were not made aware of the risks of the high-dose ...

The FDA has approved a label change on the long-acting injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, commonly known as Depo-Provera, to warn users of a potential risk of meningioma. The ...

The choice of safe and highly effective contraception for women who have special medical conditions can pose tremendous challenges. Viral hepatitis such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major public ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a label change for Pfizer's birth control shot Depo-Provera that warns patients of the risk of meningioma, a tumor in the lining of the brain.

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 ...

WESTWEGO, Louisiana — Robin Phillip’s fresh haircut is dyed her favorite color — green. But beneath the dye job is a scar that runs along the side of her head, the result of two craniotomies. For ...

Pfizer is facing a landmark lawsuit in the US brought on behalf of more than 1,000 women who say they developed brain tumors after taking the popular contraceptive injection Depo-Provera. On Monday, ...