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 ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Essure, a popular form of birth control, was marketed in 2002 as a permanent birth control without surgery. But, according to the Food and Drug Administration, more than 4,700 ...

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 ...

Essure birth control was first approved in 2002. — -- U.S. regulators said they would review a popular birth control implant device at a panel this week following multiple complaints. The implant ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The FDA slapped new restrictions on the sale of a controversial birth control device on Monday. The agency said some women aren't being properly informed of the risks of Essure ...

Called Essure, the implant is sold as a nonsurgical and permanent birth control procedure. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received more than 5,000 reports regarding the device, mostly from ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday said it would require Bayer to restrict sales of its Essure birth control implant to medical practices like doctors’ offices that agree to fully ...

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.

Yesterday, the FDA announced that Essure, a popular sterilization implant, could have serious side effects and ordered Bayer to conduct new safety trials on the device. In addition, the FDA drafted a ...

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 ...