The legal landscape surrounding Depo-Provera, a long-acting injectable birth control, has entered a pivotal phase. With the growing number of lawsuits alleging that the drug caused serious brain ...

Depo-Provera, a commonly used injectable contraceptive, has been linked to an increased risk of meningiomas, which are a type of brain tumor. If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with a ...

WESTWEGO, Louisiana — Robin Phillip’s fresh haircut is dyed her favorite color — green. But beneath the dye job is a scar that runs along the side of her head, the result of two craniotomies. For ...

Advertisements on the TV news lately have been citing a 2004 lawsuit against Pfizer (where have I heard that name?) over potentially causing a form of brain cancer with its readily available ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The FDA has approved a label change to Pfizer's contraceptive injection The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a ...

When many women turned to Depo-Provera as a convenient birth control option, they had no idea it might carry life-altering risks. After years of injections, some began experiencing troubling symptoms ...

A mother brought her 13-year-old daughter to our clinic, requesting that the child be given medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera). The child stated that she is not sexually active and does not want the ...

What You Need to Know Pfizer is petitioning the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to designate a mass tort for litigation over Depo-Provera. There have only been two Depo-Provera lawsuits filed in ...

A Clark County mother has filed a lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente Northwest and six of its physicians that alleges they failed to warn her daughter of the potential risk of brain tumors associated ...

The choice of safe and highly effective contraception for women who have special medical conditions can pose tremendous challenges. Viral hepatitis such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major public ...