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 ...

(Reuters) - Women implanted with Bayer AG's Essure permanent contraception device were more than 10 times more likely to require post-procedure surgery than those who underwent laparoscopic ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Essure, a popular form of birth control, was marketed in 2002 as a permanent birth control without surgery. But, according to the Food and Drug Administration, more than 4,700 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Thousands of women want Essure Birth Control taken off the market. They say, the FDA-approved Essure is making them sick. It's supposed to be an easy, non-surgical alternative to a ...

Yesterday, the FDA announced that Essure, a popular sterilization implant, could have serious side effects and ordered Bayer to conduct new safety trials on the device. In addition, the FDA drafted a ...

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, ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today actions to provide important information about the risks of using Essure and to help women and their doctors be better informed of the potential ...

NAIROBI: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) body has warned women against the use of the Essure contraceptive. This is over cases of unintended pregnancies, miscarriages and even ...

Medgadget reports on a recent award given to Conceptus for their Essure permanent birth control system. An Essure mico-insert is placed at the opening of the fallopian tube. It expands and anchors ...

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, bleeding and other health ...