The company that supplied the once-popular but perpetually troubled Norplant contraceptive device has quietly decided to withdraw the product from the U.S. market. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals had ...
The company that supplied the once-popular but perpetually troubled Norplant contraceptive device has quietly decided to withdraw the product from the U.S. market. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals had ...
Melinda Ball slipped off her olive jacket and pointed to the spot she thinks is the source of her problems. On her inner arm, just above her elbow, was a smidgen of a scar. She pressed it with a ...
A new contraceptive that is implanted in the upper arm and remains effective for three years will be made widely available in the United States early next year, filling a gap in birth control options ...
How long has Norplant been around? The first implants were tested in 1968. It was available for general use in Finland in 1983. Norplant was first introduced in the United States in 1990. In clinical ...
The contraceptive Norplant has given birth to some unexpected offspring –lawsuits from women who say its implantable capsules are extremely difficult to take out or have caused serious or intolerable ...
Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories used to revel in stories like Stephen Heartwell's. When the company introduced the contraceptive Norplant to the U.S. market in 1991, the nine community clinics Heartwell ...
From reading The Sun one would think women are obligated to keep Norplant in place for five years. In fact, as should be stated in every article, Norplant can be removed at any time with fertility ...
The maker of the contraceptive Norplant has agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed by women who complained of severe side effects.American Home Productsstill insists Norplant is safe. But at ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new "set-it-and-forget-it" birth control method for women, and The Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay explained more about it on ...
The Paquin School is a simple brick box of a building in a working-class Baltimore neighborhood. It doesn't look like the setting for a social experiment, but it is. Paquin's 300 students are all ...