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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since it was approved to go on the market in 2002, Essure, an implantable permanent contraceptive device, has been plagued by controversy. Thousands of women have filed grievances with the US Food and ...

Last month, the FDA scheduled a September panel meeting to take a hard look at Bayer's controversial birth control device, Essure, after getting complaints of clinical trial fraud and serious side ...

Family planning can come with many questions, concerns and fears. Once a woman makes the personal decision to not or no longer have children, there are various types of birth control to consider and ...

When Alyson Hannan, 44, decided she was done having children, she chose Essure, a nonsurgical permanent birth control option approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The day the tiny metal coils ...

Thousands of women have complained to FDA about abdominal pain, headaches, and other complications after having the Essure coils implanted in their fallopian tubes. Qmed Staff U.S. FDA's Obstetrics ...

Facing pressure from politicians and patients advocates, the agency is recommending more testing for the controversial Essure birth control product as well as a restrictive warning. Qmed Staff Bayer ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today actions to provide important information about the risks of using Essure and to help women and their doctors be better informed of the potential ...