When Ms Hurst was rushed to the Royal Bolton Hospital on Monday 10 March - where doctors discovered that her complaint of a ...

Dr. Gow Arepally, who studies diseases related to blood, said that, when it comes to blood clots, the risk varies. She adds that the complication seen in six Johnson & Johnson patients is concerning ...

Researchers are looking at some new evidence to answer that question. Women who use birth control pills containing the newer type of progestin, drospirenone (such as Yaz and Yasmin), may have almost ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it is reviewing the safety of birth control pills like Bayer’s Yaz and Yasmin because of concerns that they may raise women’s risk of blood clots more than ...

Mar. 23 -- FRIDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- A birth control skin patch used by many American women carries a risk of serious blood clots that is higher than the risk already recognized for the ...

The manufacturer and the Food and Drug Administration maintain that the patch is as safe as the pill. Gingerly, Kathleen Thoren's family gathered around her in the intensive care unit, unable to speak ...

Yaz, Yasmin and other newer birth control pills will soon be bearing warning labels that detail the potential risk of blood clot risks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday ...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) Drospirenone-containing oral birth control pills are linked to a significantly higher risk of blood clots, both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, according to this study.

Dear Dr. Gott: My 24-year-old granddaughter recently had a stroke due to a clot because of her birth-control medication. She got fast treatment and will be OK, but I am concerned about the other women ...

WASHINGTON — Risks of blood clots in legs and lungs are twice as high for women using the birth-control patch instead of the pill, says a study reported by the drug maker and the Food and Drug ...

A new study has found that women who take the newer forms of birth control pills could be at a higher risk of suffering blood clot. It was found that women taking some of the newer formulations had ...