Sharples, 45, said her doctor ordered some scans and bloodwork as a precaution, and she was later hit with shocking news: she ...

A woman revealed she'd been diagnosed with four brain tumours after taking injectable birth control, called ...

This week, the FDA approved a label change on Depo Provera, requiring its maker, Pfizer, to warn women about links between use of the birth control injection and brain tumors known as meningiomas.

For decades, millions of women have relied on the Depo-Provera birth control shot as a convenient form of long-term contraception. However, growing medical evidence has linked long-term Depo-Provera ...

Both men and women are responsible for pregnancy, yet the burden of preventing it often falls on one gender. Women can choose from a variety of options to control fertility while for generations, men ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a label change for Pfizer's birth control shot Depo-Provera that warns patients of the risk of meningioma, a tumor in the lining of the brain.

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 ...

When you hear the term “birth control,” the Pill probably springs to mind, followed by methods that are growing in popularity, like intrauterine devices and the Nexplanon implant. But there's a slew ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated the warning label for the Depo-Provera birth control shot to include information about the risk of meningioma brain tumors. The label update is ...

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 ...