NEW YORK (Reuters) - Life sciences company Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) said on Friday it would discontinue the sale of its birth control product Essure in the United States, citing a decline in sales of the ...

A permanent birth-control implant called Essure will need to be labeled with a stronger warning that lists potentially serious risks of the device, the Food and Drug Administration announced this week ...

Five months after convening an advisory committee meeting to discuss concerns about the safety of Essure, the only non-surgical permanent contraceptive, the Food and Drug Administration on Monday ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responding to a Channel 4 Action News investigation into a controversial birth control procedure.Thousands of women around the country have complained about ...

A growing number of women are raising concerns about a form of birth control developed in the Bay Area. Some are demanding it be pulled from the market, despite reassurances from both the manufacturer ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (CBSMiami/AP) — The maker of Essure, a permanent contraceptive implant subject to thousands of injury reports from women and repeated safety restrictions by regulators, says it will stop ...

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More than 750,000 women worldwide use a device called Essure to prevent pregnancy. The makers of the device boast it is safer, less expensive and less invasive than going through surgery to have their ...

A new study appears to confirm what some women have said about a permanent birth control device called Essure. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

Yesterday U.S. health officials placed new restrictions on a permanent contraceptive implant that is reported to have given thousands of women painful complications—but the metal implant, called ...

After giving birth to three children, Kristiana Burrell was thrilled when her gynecologist told her about Essure, a sterilization technique she could do right in the office in just minutes – no ...