Birth control pills, taken alone or paired with the drug metformin, did not raise the risk of metabolic syndrome, a precursor of heart disease and diabetes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a major safety update to the label of Depo-Provera, a widely used birth control injection. Nearly 2,000 women have filed lawsuits against ...

Femasys Inc. (NASDAQ: FEMY) ("Femasys" or the "Company"), a leading biomedical innovator making fertility and non-surgical permanent birth control more accessible ...

FDA Adds Brain Tumor Warning to Depo-Provera Birth Control Shot THURSDAY, Dec. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new safety warning for Depo-Provera, a ...

The decision comes as Pfizer faces lawsuits from more than 1000 women who say the company knew about the risks and didn’t warn them. The agency signed off last week on a label update for 2 versions of ...

The Little Sisters of the Poor are back in court, fighting against Democratic politicians who want to narrow the freedom to exercise one’s religion. Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) continues to battle the ...

Something strange is happening with malnutrition. It’s by far the fastest-growing cause of death in America, soaring sixfold ...

We tested powders from Clean Simple Eats, Equate, Premier Protein, Ritual, and Truvani. Our results show it’s possible to ...

For decades, China was synonymous with birth control, enforced, incentivised and institutionalised under its infamous one-child policy. Now, in a striking reversal, the Xi Jinping-led country has made ...

People in China will pay a 13% sales tax on contraceptives from 1 January, while childcare services will be exempt, as the world's second-largest economy tries to boost birth rates. An overhaul of the ...

The Maternal Care Bundle (MCB) sets best practice standards across 5 areas of clinical care, for implementation by NHS providers and commissioners across England. The aim is to reduce maternal ...

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published in Nature. Chromosomes are thread-like structures that carry a cell's ...