WASHINGTON, D.C. (WPVI) -- A local congressman says the FDA grossly underestimated the harm caused by a contraceptive device. And he alleges the maker paid doctors kickbacks to recommend the device to ...

At the request of the Food and Drug Administration, Leverkusen, Germany-based Bayer will now add a box warning and patient decision checklist to the label of its permanent birth control device Essure.

In the latest update in the years-long investigation into the safety of Bayer’s permanent birth control device Essure, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday said that nearly all unused ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are reviewing the safety of an implantable contraception device after receiving reports of unusual side effects from patients, including fatigue, depression ...

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 ...

Women implanted with the permanent contraception device Essure were 10 times more likely to require post-procedure surgery to fix problems than those who underwent laparoscopic sterilization, a new ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday finalized its guidance requiring a boxed warning and patient decision checklist for Bayer's permanent implantable birth control device Essure. While ...

Dr. Charles Miller, of Chicago, Ill., holds a coil device that is implanted in a woman’s fallopian tubes to form scar tissue which eventually blocks fertilization. Mct file photo Carol Caruso, 37, of ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Pharmaceutical giant Bayer said Friday that it will halt sales of its controversial Essure birth-control ...

EDWARDSVILLE — A woman who had an Essure birth control device implanted at Alton Memorial Hospital is one of 96 women from all over the country who has filed a suit against Bayer Corp. over alleged ...

The FDA first announced their intention to provide a safety update about Essure late yesterday evening. Today's much anticipated report comes on the heals of a private citizen petition that raised ...