(HealthDay)—Essure implants used in female sterilization have come under fire in recent years, with women reporting a wide array of problems to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A new study from ...

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 ...

Angie Derry knew that her Essure implants were designed to remain inside her body forever. But two years after a doctor inserted the tiny coils into her fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy, the ...

The I-Team found reports in the FDA database from women claiming side-effects ranging from severe headaches and blood clots, to the devices cutting into other organs. RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Essure, a ...

Bayer Pharmaceuticals paid doctors millions of dollars to promote Essure over the past five years, CNN reports. The permanently implanted birth control device, an alternative to tubal ligation that is ...

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Jessica Smith’s unedited, angry comment is still on the FDA’s website, much to her surprise. “You had an opportunity to remove Essure from the market. You blew it,” it reads. Despite complaints from ...

One night in April 2015, Keisha Carney tried to go to bed in spite of a bad toothache, which turned into an even worse headache — the kind that doesn’t let you sleep. “I couldn’t stand still. I was up ...

Last year, drugmaker Bayer announced that it would discontinue sales of the controversial birth control device Essure outside of the U.S. And now Bayer says it will also stop selling Essure within the ...

Hysteroscopic sterilization involves placing a small implanted birth control device, called Essure, through the vagina into a woman’s fallopian tubes in order to prevent pregnancy. In contrast, ...

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 ...