Women are not being routinely informed that a common anaesthetic may make their contraception less effective, UK doctors warn

Women undergoing operations are not being routinely informed that a common anaesthetic may make their contraception less effective, putting them at risk of an unplanned pregnancy, new research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) in Milan, Italy (4-6 June), suggests. The drug sugammadex is widely used in anaesthesia.  Administered […]

Permanent birth control methods for women have up to six percent failure rates

Hysteroscopic sterilization, a nonincisional procedure, was found to be as effective as minimally invasive laparoscopic sterilization in preventing pregnancy, but both methods had higher than expected failure rates, according to a new study led by an investigator at Weill Cornell Medicine. The comparative study, published April 12 in Fertility and Sterility, found that both methods had failure rates of five to […]

European Commission approves Estelle oral contraceptive – Mithra

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Merck Inc. at Organon investor day outlines the vision and plans for the new company

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Merck announces filing of form 10 registration statement in connection with planned spinoff of Organon & Co

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