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 ...

Marketed to be as effective as the pill, Ortho Evra is the first skin patch approved by the FDA for birth control. But several months after Jackson resident Rachel Cook started using the patch last ...

With many states imposing bans on birth control pills, other contraceptive options have gained popularity. One of the most ...

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 ...

December 9, 2011 — Voting in favor of the norelgestromin/ethinyl estradiol transdermal contraceptive patch (Ortho Evra, Jannsen), a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel today ...

A panel of federal health advisers said Friday that a birth control patch from Johnson & Johnson probably carries a higher risk of blood clots than older drugs, but should remain available as an ...

Xulane (norelgestromin/ethinyl estradiol) is a branded-generic prescription drug used to prevent pregnancy. The drug comes as a transdermal patch you apply to your skin once per week for 3 weeks each ...

More than 65 percent of women ages 15 to 49 in the United States use some form of birth control, and many of them are on hormonal birth control methods like the pill, patch, ring, implant, injections, ...

From digital tracking apps to long-lasting implants, today’s contraceptive landscape offers women unprecedented control over their reproductive health. Birth control does far more than prevent ...

Share on Pinterest Hormonal birth control has been associated with stroke and heart attack risk, but the overall risk remains low. SDI Productions/Getty Images New research suggests combined oral ...