Allergan touts 5-year data for Liletta intrauterine contraceptive
Allergan (NYSE:AGN) and its nonprofit partner, Medicines360, touted five-year data today from an on-going pivotal trial of its intrauterine device, Liletta.
The levonorgestrel-releasing contraceptive is approved in the U.S. to be used to prevent pregnancy for up to four years.
Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
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Source: Mass Device - May 1, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Clinical Trials Drug-Device Combinations Pharmaceuticals Wall Street Beat Women's Health Allergan Medicines360 Source Type: news
Mother recalls moment Mirena contraceptive nearly killed her
When Shannon Hubbard decided to have a Mirena fitted after having her third child, little did she know that the contraceptive would nearly kill her and leave her unable to have more children. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mother, 25, recalls the moment her badly-fitted Mirena contraceptive nearly killed her
When Shannon Hubbard decided to have a Mirena fitted after having her third child, little did she know that the contraceptive would nearly kill her and leave her unable to have more children. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Diet might help you wave goodbye to painful periods
Period pain can be a total nightmare when the time of the month comes round and it would be great if we could just wave goodbye to painful periods. They’re so common that most women don’t seek treatment – it’s just part of being a woman. However there are ways to improve the situation, starting with a healthy diet. According to research, women with very painful periods have more inflammatory prostaglandins, which cause pain. So if you focus on consuming foods that reduce inflammation, this can reduce the pain.
First you should avoid foods that increase inflammatory prostaglandins, such as fried food...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - March 23, 2018 Category: OBGYN Authors: Susie Kearley Tags: Health painful periods Source Type: news
Diet might help you wave goodbye to painful periods
Period pain can be a total nightmare when the time of the month comes round and it would be great if we could just wave goodbye to painful periods. They’re so common that most women don’t seek treatment – it’s just part of being a woman. However there are ways to improve the situation, starting with a healthy diet. According to research, women with very painful periods have more inflammatory prostaglandins, which cause pain. So if you focus on consuming foods that reduce inflammation, this can reduce the pain.
First you should avoid foods that increase inflammatory prostaglandins, such as fried food...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - March 23, 2018 Category: OBGYN Authors: Susie Kearley Tags: Health painful periods Source Type: news
Diet might help you wave goodbye to painful periods
Period pain can be a total nightmare when the time of the month comes round and it would be great if we could just wave goodbye to painful periods. They’re so common that most women don’t seek treatment – it’s just part of being a woman. However there are ways to improve the situation, starting with a healthy diet. According to research, women with very painful periods have more inflammatory prostaglandins, which cause pain. So if you focus on consuming foods that reduce inflammation, this can reduce the pain.
First you should avoid foods that increase inflammatory prostaglandins, such as fried food...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - March 23, 2018 Category: OBGYN Authors: Susie Kearley Tags: Health painful periods Source Type: news
IntechOpen Joins Presentations at Harvard and MIT on Open Access Books Addressing the Need for Fast Publishing with Peer Review
IntechOpen, the first native scientific publisher of Open Access books, stated its CEO/co-founder and scientist, Alex Lazinica, joined a presentation on Open Access books at Harvard and MIT, conducted by Mirena Bagur, MBA, a former course director at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, with a goal of familiarizing researchers of benefits of distributing peer-reviewed, scientific articles and providing access to scientific discovery to their colleagues worldwide.
Titled “How Publishing in Open Access Books Impacts Your Research Career,” the presentations were held to familiarize researchers, stud...
Source: News from STM - February 5, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
Conservative Treatment for Some Low-risk Endometrial CA Patients Conservative Treatment for Some Low-risk Endometrial CA Patients
Conservative treatment of low-risk endometrial cancer and complex atypical hyperplasia with the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) appears effective in most patients, according to a retrospective case series.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Breast cancer and Mirena IUD: What's the link?
There have been varying reports about the impact of the Mirena contraceptive IUD on causing breast cancer. However, further research is required. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news
FDA approves 4-year intrauterine device
Allergan (NYSE:AGN) and women’s health nonprofit Medicines360 said today that the FDA approved a supplemental new drug application to extend the duration of use for Liletta, a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device, for up to four years.
The hormone-releasing device was first approved in February 2015 and it won additional approval in January last year for a single-handed inserter.
Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
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Source: Mass Device - August 7, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Drug-Device Combinations Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Pharmaceuticals Regulatory/Compliance Wall Street Beat Allergan Inc. Medicines360 Source Type: news
FDA Approves Medicines360's sNDA for LILETTA(R) (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system) 52 mg to Prevent Pregnancy for up to Four Years
Approval Offers Women Additional Flexibility for Pregnancy Prevention
DUBLIN AND SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7, 2017 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Allergan plc (NYSE: AGN), a leading global pharmaceutical company, and Medicines360, a global nonp... Biopharmaceuticals, Drug Delivery, FDA Allergan, Medicines360, LILETTA, levonorgestrel, intrauterine (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - August 7, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
FDA Approves Medicines360's sNDA for Liletta (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system) 52 mg to Prevent Pregnancy for up to Four Years
August 6, 2017 -- Allergan plc (NYSE:AGN), a leading global pharmaceutical company, and Medicines360, a global nonprofit women ' s health pharmaceutical company with a mission of expanding access to quality medicines, announced that the U.S. Food and... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - August 6, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Liletta (Levonorgestrel-releasing Intrauterine System) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - July 3, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Kent mother loses baby she didn't know about
The unidentified patient in her 30s, from Kent, had been fitted with a Mirena coil by Dr Bhaskar Bora, 41, managing partner at The Elmdene& Bean Surgeries in Greenhithe, ahead of a family trip. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Angry so many questions, am I being punished? – Helen ’ s story
The post Angry so many questions, am I being punished? – Helen’s story appeared first on Hysterectomy Association.
Hi. OK here it goes. Linda helped by taking time to send me a book, writing back emails etc. So I guess we need each other all of us. From a very early age I started my periods at 11 on my eve of 12th birthday. I was never told what it was, despite having 2 sisters and 3 brothers. I was the youngest coming from a Irish catholic background. My dad was strictest with me.
I suffered with mine. Really bad. I would go through pads in 10 mins up to 2 every 2 hours or so. I would bleed straight through to...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - May 6, 2017 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Tags: Your Stories heavy bleeding PCOS Source Type: news
