Women's Groups Pressure FDA on 'Morning-After' Pill
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Women's rights groups seeking easier  access to emergency contraception are pressuring U.S.  regulators as they try to decide whether to approve a  non-prescription "morning-after" pill.
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Federal health advisers say Procter &amp; Gamble&#39;s testosterone patch for women with low libidos needs more study before hitting the bedrooms.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - A move to give teenagers public   access to the morning-after contraceptive pill without parental   consent has polarized Chilean society, with many saying it's a   license for kids to have more sex.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday that Mifepristoneâs label will be changed to acknowledge that there are risks associated with any abortion, and that physicians prescribing the drug should instruct their patients to contact
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Dozens of poor and minority pregnant women were put at risk when they were given dummy pills instead of a drug believed to prevent outbreaks of genital herpes, consumer watchdogs charged Friday.
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Amid a battle in Congress over whether to allow nonprescription sales of the Plan B morning-after pill, nine women have complained that area pharmacies failed to carry the pills or keep them in stock.
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Public health officials are now encouraging women to make sure they are in optimal health well in advance of a pregnancy.
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The Food and Drug Administration will add additional warnings to RU-48, the so-called &#39;morning after pill&#39; after the death of an 18 year-old California woman last year.
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WASHINGTON -- A morning-after pill implicated in the death of an 18-year-old California girl last fall will add new warnings linking RU-486 to the risk of serious bacterial infection.
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The manufacturer of the morning-after pill resubmitted an application Friday seeking federal approval to sell the emergency contraceptive without a prescription.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration and Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.  will meet  to discuss the possible approval of nonprescription sales of  the Plan B "morning-after" contraceptive to women 18 and older,  the agency said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - More than 90 percent of women between 15 and 24 years old consider contraceptive "morning after pills" to be safe and effective, according to a new report. However, the findings also show that easy accessibility to emergency contraception influences whether it is used promptly.
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Plan B, an emergency contraceptive, is under review again by the Food and Drug Administration after it previously denied over-the-counter sale of the drug. Women's groups charge the decision was political, not scientific.
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Procter & Gamble will try to persuade a federal advisory panel to recommend approval of the first drug to increase a woman's sex drive.
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A hormone patch that works to restore a woman's sex drive should not be approved until additional studies to determine its risk, federal health advisers said today.
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Kroger Co. said Friday it was reiterating its drug policies to all of its pharmacists after a Georgia woman claimed she was denied the so-called "morning after" pill at one of the company's stores.
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WASHINGTON Federal regulators are adding a new warning to an abortion pill, saying that the drug may lead to serious bacterial infection.