NEW YORK (Reuters) - Life sciences company Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) said on Friday it would discontinue the sale of its birth control product Essure in the United States, citing a decline in sales of the ...

Bayer will discontinue the marketing and sales of the sterilization device Essure in all countries outside of the United States, the company announced on Monday. While a number of reports have linked ...

A permanent birth-control implant called Essure will need to be labeled with a stronger warning that lists potentially serious risks of the device, the Food and Drug Administration announced this week ...

Even though it’s no longer on the market, new data has emerged around potential side effects of the permanent birth control device Essure. The device, pulled from the US market two years ago amid ...

Five months after convening an advisory committee meeting to discuss concerns about the safety of Essure, the only non-surgical permanent contraceptive, the Food and Drug Administration on Monday ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (KGO) -- New developments involving a controversial birth control implant that's prompted lawsuits from thousands of women. Pharmaceutical giant Bayer says it will stop selling its ...

A growing number of women are raising concerns about a form of birth control developed in the Bay Area. Some are demanding it be pulled from the market, despite reassurances from both the manufacturer ...

Essure is a permanent birth control device that consists of two small metal coils inserted through the vagina into the fallopian tubes (see image, below). The device is popular among women and ...

Ellen Hanrahan, a 36-year-old mother of two, was done having children. To make sure, she had tiny metal coils implanted inside her fallopian tubes, a relatively new form of permanent birth control ...

Essure is billed as the modern alternative to women having their tubes tied. The procedure is often done in a medical office with minimal anesthesia and recovery time. But some women are blaming ...