Áine Rose Hurst, 19, died from a rare side effect of combination birth control pills — and now her family is speaking out to ...

A woman has issued a warning to travelers after her birth control led to a "deadly" blood clot in her lungs during a 13-hour flight. Emily Jansson, 34, was flying from Toronto, Canada, to Dubai ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Jordan Ward, 26, says her fiance convinced her to go to the hospital. — -- A 26-year-old woman was planning her wedding when she began to experience headaches, blurred vision, nausea and other ...

Six women vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine have experienced a rare and dangerous blood clot. Experts say there's a difference between the complication and other common blood ...

The family of a teenager who died suddenly from a blood clot linked to a birth control pill says more needs to be done "to prevent this tragedy from ever happening again". Aine Rose Hurst, 19, died in ...

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 ...