'No woman should be treated the way you were': Apology for Indigenous women pressured into sterilizations
Indigenous women in Saskatoon who were coerced into having tubal ligation surgery after giving birth often experienced racism and degradation during their hospital visits and have mistrusted the medical system ever since, according to a new report. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - July 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Saskatoon Source Type: news
Missouri judge slashes 86 plaintiffs from Essure suit against Bayer
A federal judge in Missouri cut 86 of the 94 plaintiffs from a group of consolidated lawsuits filed against Bayer (ETR:BAYN) over its Essure female sterilization device.
Essure is a small metal coil that’s placed in the fallopian tubes via catheter. The FDA said in 2015 that it received 5,093 complaints in the 13 years since Essure’s approval, including for pain or menstrual irregularities after using the device and complaints of the device breaking. In addition to five fetal deaths, there were four reports of adult deaths for reasons such as infection and uterine perforation, the FDA said.
In November 2016, the ...
Source: Mass Device - July 17, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Legal News Product Liability Women's Health Bayer Source Type: news
With a nudge from their wives, three longtime friends get vasectomies in solidarity
Paul Diaz, Basilio Santangelo and John Lambrechts had shared a lot of memorable experiences in their decades of friendship, but going to the doctor to all get vasectomies was one they never expected.The three — each married with two children — had decided with their wives that they didn’t want to continue growing their families. After a pregnancy false alarm, Diaz and his wife, Lisa, agreed that they were happy with their two girls. Lisa brought up the idea of Paul getting a vasectomy, but there wa s a problem.“Like most men,” Diaz said, “I don’t like going to the doctor. I don’t like going to the dentist. ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 30, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
'This has not been an easy journey': Saskatoon woman welcomes review into sterilization
A Saskatoon woman who says she was sterilized against her will is welcoming the launch of an external review of the Saskatoon Health Region's tubal ligation policies. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Saskatchewan Source Type: news
Femasys Inc. raises $4m
Femasys Inc. said last week that it raised $4 million, according to a regulatory document filed with the SEC. Atlanta-based Femasys wrote that 8 investors contributed to the round and that it paid Los Angeles-based investment bank Salem Partners LLC an estimated $200,000 in sales commissions.
The 1st sale in the financing round happened on Jan. 6 this year, the company said in its filing.
In December last year, Femasys closed a $40 million Series C round that it said it will use to fund a pivotal trial for its FemBloc permanent female contraception device.
The financing round was arranged and led by Salem Partners, with ...
Source: Mass Device - January 17, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Funding Roundup Gynecological Wall Street Beat Women's Health Femasys Inc. Source Type: news
Femasys raises $40m Series C for FemBloc permanent female contraception device
Femasys said earlier this month that it closed on a Series C round worth $40 million it plans to use on a pivotal trial of its FemBloc permanent female contraception device now that it has FDA approval for the study.
Atlanta-based Femasys said the round was arranged and led by Los Angeles-based investment bank Salem Partners, with “multiple institutional investors, family offices and a multibillion-dollar global medical device company” also contributing.
The company bills FemBloc as a non-surgical procedure that can be performed at the doctor’s office that’s designed to occlude the fallopian tubes...
Source: Mass Device - December 29, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Funding Roundup Wall Street Beat Women's Health Femasys Inc. Source Type: news
French women file complaints over complications with Bayer ’ s Essure
Two French women who’ve used Bayer‘s (ETR:BAYN) controversial Essure contraceptive implant have filed a legal complaint alleging similar side-effects to those filed in the U.S.
Essure is a small metal coil that’s placed in the fallopian tubes via catheter. The FDA said last year that in the 13 years since Essure’s approval, the agency had received 5,093 complaints, including for pain or menstrual irregularities after using the device, and complaints of the device breaking. In addition to 5 fetal deaths, there were 4 reports of adult deaths for reasons such as infection and uterine perforation, the FDA said...
Source: Mass Device - December 9, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Legal News Women's Health Bayer HealthCare Source Type: news
Woman who had her tubes tied after tubal ligation welcomes miracle baby girl after having procedure reversed
An Australian woman has become a mum at 40 after having a tubal ligation procedure reversed in order to have a baby. Donna Fiorenza, fell pregnant after having her fallopian tubes untied. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
It ’s Not Just for Women, You Know: 5 Ways for Men to Get More Involved in Contraception
September 25, 2016When it comes to who ’s using contraception, we aren’t even close to 50-50. It ’s pretty clear that at a basic level, men are just as involved in the act ofconceptionas women are. But when it comes to who ’s usingcontraception, things aren ’t even close to 50-50.Women have upwards of 10 modern methods of contraception they can use. There are caps and rings, patches and sponges, diaphragms and female condoms and improved fertility awareness methods. Oral contraceptive pills that come in three categories, including an extended-cycle version. Injectable contraceptives that last for one, two, or th...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 15, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: intrahealth Source Type: news
FDA recommends new label for Bayer ’ s Essure
The FDA this week released new labeling requirements for Bayer‘s (ETR:BAYN) controversial Essure and other permanent hysteroscopically-placed tubal sterilization implants.
Essure is a small metal coil that’s placed in the fallopian tubes via catheter. The FDA said last year that in the 13 years since Essure’s approval, the agency had received 5,093 complaints, including for pain or menstrual irregularities after using the device, and complaints of the device breaking. In addition to 5 fetal deaths, there were 4 reports of adult deaths for reasons such as infection and uterine perforation, the FDA said.
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Source: Mass Device - November 1, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Regulatory/Compliance Women's Health Bayer HealthCare Source Type: news
Federal Register: Labeling for Permanent Hysteroscopically Placed Tubal Implants Intended for Sterilization; Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Availability
The FDA is announcing the availability of the guidance ``Labeling for Permanent Hysteroscopically-Placed Tubal Implants Intended for Sterilization.'' This guidance addresses the inclusion of a boxed warning and patient decision checklist in the produc... (Source: Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): CDRHNew)
Source: Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): CDRHNew - October 31, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Perth mother whose baby girl passed away regrets having her tubes tied after giving birth
Katherine Lawson, 27, from Perth, had a tubal ligation procedure shortly after giving birth to her third child, Imogen. But just over two months later, Imogen tragically passed away. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rwanda: More Rwandan Women Opt for Birth Control
[East African] Rwandan population is likely to drop in the next decade as a result of more women opting for permanent birth control methods such as tubal ligation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 18, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Pregnancy Is Scary Enough Without Having To Worry That a Catholic Hospital Might Turn You Away
Maybe I'm just more attuned to it these days -- your 30s will do that to you -- but lately it feels like everyone I know has a scary story about pregnancy. After the adorable photographs have been posted, the celebratory texts sent, the welcome-back-to-the-world-of-sushi-and-beer meals eaten, they tell you about the darker parts of the experience. The nightmarishly long labor. The NICU. The miscarriages that sometimes came before.
The last thing any of these women should have to worry about -- the last thing anyone who is pregnant, or their family, should have to worry about -- is being denied appropriate medical care be...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda: More People Embrace Permanent Forms of Family Planning
[Monitor] Tubal ligation (TL) and vasectomy are surgical family planning procedures which render women and men permanently incapable of giving birth or making someone pregnant. But what would make someone decide never to get pregnant or impregnate someone again? (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - April 14, 2016 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
