Even though it's no longer on the market, new data has emerged around potential side effects of the permanent birth control device Essure. The device, pulled from the US market two years ago amid ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators plan to warn consumers more strongly about Essure, a contraceptive implant that has drawn thousands of complaints from women reporting chronic pain, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WPVI) -- A local congressman says the FDA grossly underestimated the harm caused by a contraceptive device. And he alleges the maker paid doctors kickbacks to recommend the device to ...

Family planning can come with many questions, concerns and fears. Once a woman makes the personal decision to not or no longer have children, there are various types of birth control to consider and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are reviewing the safety of an implantable contraception device after receiving reports of unusual side effects from patients, including fatigue, depression ...

(NEW YORK) — Bayer Pharmaceuticals announced that it will no longer sell the permanent birth control implant Essure starting at the end of this year. Essure has courted controversy since it hit the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The FDA slapped new restrictions on the sale of a controversial birth control device on Monday. The agency said some women aren't being properly informed of the risks of Essure ...

What if you could achieve a permanent method of birth control with little more hassle than a routine Pap smear? No incisions. No burning. No anesthesia. No hormones. No recovery time. And 99.74 ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 8, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conceptus, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS), developer of the Essure ® procedure, the most effective non-surgical permanent birth control method available*, ...

NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - Healthcare company Bayer on Friday said it would discontinue the sale of its birth control product Essure in the United States, citing a decline in sales of the ...

The FDA first announced their intention to provide a safety update about Essure late yesterday evening. Today's much anticipated report comes on the heals of a private citizen petition that raised ...