News tagged with 'Pregnancy and Female Reproduction Drugs'

Scientists are currently researching Mifeprex, also known as mifepristone, RU-486 or the "abortion pill," to see if the medication may be useful to treat a form of severe depression. A new report published in the journal Biological Psychiatry analyses a recent study that found Mifeprex to be highly effective in people

According to a new study on the safety of sexual lubricants, women who sleep with partners infected with HIV increase their chances of contracting the disease when they use the spermicide nonoxonyl-9 several times a day during intercourse. As part of the study, which appears in the September 28th issue of The Lancet,

A new study conducted by researchers with McGill University in Montreal reveals that third generation oral contraceptives do not increase a user's risk of suffering acute myocardial infarction. The report, which appears in today's issue of the journal Human Reproduction, indicates that second generation pills pose a m

An antiabortion group is asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to immediately ban the pregnancy medication Mifeprex, alleging the abortion pill causes adverse events. As part of the petition, Concerned Women for America, the American Association of Pro Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Christia

According to a new report presented at the Third European Breast Cancer Conference last week, birth control pills increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. Dr. Merethe Kumle, an epidemiologist from the Institute of Community Medicine in Tromso, Norway, and several French and Swedish researchers followed 103

Italian researchers from the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche in Milan have linked the use of oral contraceptives (OC) with the development of focal nodular hyperplasia, a frequently benign liver tumor found mainly in women. Doctors involved in the study, which was published in the February issue of the American Jo

A new report published by researchers with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle says hormonal contraceptives, such as birth control pills and injectable progesterone, may increase a woman's chance of becoming infected with multiple strains of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The study examined over

Over the last forty years, female birth control medications have undergone many modifications in an effort to reduce side effects associated with the drugs. Health care providers received damaging news last week when researchers involved in a female contraceptive study revealed findings indicating that the latest gene

A newly released Dutch study found that third-generation birth control pills carry a smaller risk of contributing to heart disease than their predecessor, second-generation oral contraceptives. The study of nearly 2,000 women found that second-generation users increased their chances of developing cardiovascular disea

According to Dutch researchers, birth control pills and menopause hormone supplements may lead to protein deposits in urine, which in turn may result in increased kidney and heart disease risk. A study of 4,301 Dutch women revealed that estrogen-based products may double the risk of developing urinary protein deposits

The makers of certain third generation birth control pills are facing a massive lawsuit in Great Britain. Schering-Plough Corporation, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, and Organon Pharmaceuticals were recently sued by women who claim that the contraceptive medications caused pulmonary embolism , deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

Daughters of pregnant women who took DES (diethylstilbestrol) between 1941 and 1971 are more likely to experience difficulties conceiving and carrying out a pregnancy. DES apparently alters the structure of fetal reproductive organs, leading to numerous problems later in life. A recent study links DES exposure to pre