If you have used Depo-Provera, you may have heard recent reports suggesting a potential link between this birth control injection and an increased risk of brain tumors known as meningiomas. It is ...

The women, who suffered brain tumours after long-term use of a contraceptive injection, took their fight for accountability ...

Women in the UK are calling for a review of the Depo-Provera contraceptive injection after developing brain tumours they ...

The Depo-Provera shot can be a convenient, lower-maintenance birth control option. You receive it in a doctor’s office every 3 months to help prevent pregnancy. Depo-Provera, commonly referred to as ...

Women left with brain tumours and deformities after years of taking Depo-Provera met with cross-party politicians at Holyrood ...

Ever watch "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant," and wonder how that's even possible? Twenty-three-year-old Olivia Barrett knows exactly how. After meeting a new guy, she researched the safest methods of ...

Women in Scotland who developed a type of brain tumour after years of using a contraceptive injection are seeking answers amid growing legal action. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is being sued over ...

Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC; Curriculum Coordinator, Nurse Practitioner Alternatives, Inc ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Medroxyprogesterone acetate 150mg/mL; IM inj. Medroxyprogesterone acetate inhibits the secretion of gonadotropins which primarily prevents follicular maturation and ovulation and causes thickening of ...

About 25% of US women from the ages of 15 to 49 take some sort of contraceptive to prevent unwanted pregnancy. For many years, I was among them. But the truth is, I never felt really all that safe ...