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Oral Contraceptives May Decrease Bone Density in Younger Women, Study Suggests
Younger women taking oral contraceptives may be at greater risk of developing decreased bone density, a new study says.
Yaz Injury Lawsuits Could Top 25,000 Cases
More than 25,000 lawsuits could be filed across the United States for serious and deadly injuries allegedly caused by the contraceptive Yaz and consolidated in an Illinois federal court.
U.S. District Chief Judge David Herndon has been assigned the task of presiding over thousands of lawsuits against Bayer Corp. The cases accuse the birth-control pills Yaz, [...]Yaz Lawsuits Seek Compensation for Life-Threatening Injuries
More than 150 personal-injury lawsuits have now been filed on behalf of women across the United States who used the popular birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella and suffered a potentially deadly heart attack, stroke, blood clot, pulmonary embolism, gallbladder disease, or other injury.
Yaz Judge Likely to Limit Questioning About Plaintiffs’ Sex Lives
The judge presiding over hundreds of Yaz birth control pill injury lawsuits has indicated she will not allow attorneys for the drug’s maker to delve too deeply into the sexual history of women bringing the lawsuits.
Woman Sues Bayer Claiming Yaz Caused Her Blood Clot
An Ohio woman has filed a lawsuit against the maker of the birth-control pill Yaz, claiming the company failed to adequately warn her and other users about the serious risks of life-threatening blood clots and other injuries.
Contraceptive Yaz Linked to Deadly Gallbladder Disease, Blood Clots
The prescription birth-control drug Yaz and the related drugs Yasmin and Ocella have been shown to cause potentially deadly gallbladder disease, blood clots, and other serious health complications in women taking the pills to avoid becoming pregnant or treat a variety of other medical conditions.
N.J. Yaz-Yasmin Injury Lawsuits May be Centralized as Mass Tort
A New Jersey state court judge has asked that all state lawsuits filed over injuries allegedly caused by taking the birth-control pills Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella be treated as a mass tort and assigned to one judge.
Effective Treatment for Common Yaz and Yasmin Complication is Largely Unknown, Researchers Say
Medical researchers say not enough doctors know about an effective treatment for pulmonary embolism, a blockage of an artery in the lung that is a life-threatening complication seen in some women taking the birth-control pills Yaz and Yasmin.
More Than 100 Yaz/Yasmin Injury Lawsuits Filed, Thousands More to Come?
At least 129 lawsuits have been filed against the makers of the popular birth-control pills Yaz and Yasmin by women across the United States who say they suffered heart attacks, blood clots, gallbladder disease, and other serious injuries after taking the drugs.
Dozens of Yaz/Yasmin Injury Lawsuits to be Consolidated in Illinois
More than thirty lawsuits filed on behalf of women who were injured or killed by the popular birth control drugs Yaz and Yasmin will be consolidated into a multidistrict litigation group in the Southern District of Illinois, a federal judicial panel has ruled.
