Tag Archives: Blood clots

National Blood Clot Alliance Launches new website womenandbloodclots.org

Posted on August 18, 2015 by jayr
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Sweetening the Pill – a documentary in production

Posted on June 22, 2015 by jayr

Click on this link to view the video and read what Karen Langhart says about her daughter’s death: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/22/nuvaring-merck-daughter-death-women-risks

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How much information are women in the U.S. given compared to women in Europe?

Posted on April 9, 2015 by jayr

If you are going to take a combination hormonal birth control (CHC), you’ve already decided you don’t want to get pregnant, and since CHCs are all equally effective at preventing ovulation, don’t you want to know which are safer? The … Continue reading →

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CNN Interviews on NuvaRing

Posted on April 6, 2015 by jayr

Marie Brenner Interview. Marie wrote an article in Vanity Fair in 2014

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If between 10 and 20 Boeing 747s crashed in one year, would anyone notice?

Posted on February 20, 2015 by jayr

Science at its Worst: If between 10 and 20 Boeing 747s crashed in one year, would anyone notice? It is disheartening and shocking to me that the medical community is so cavalier about the effect of hormonal birth control on … Continue reading →

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Big Pharma Doesn’t Care if Birth Control Users Die by Holly Grigg-Spall ‎

Posted on November 7, 2014 by jayr

Read the latest article from Holly Grigg-Spall published in Ladyclever.com Big Pharma Doesn’t Care if Birth Control Users Die | Ladyclever Original Source: http://ladyclever.com/health-fitness/big-pharma-doesnt-care-if-birth-control-users-die/

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NuvaRing investigation: Could the side effects include death?

Posted on May 7, 2014 by jayr

Click on this to see the full article and news video:  NuvaRing Investigation on AZFamily.com by Carey Peña  azfamily.com Posted on May 6, 2014 at 7:10 AM Updated yesterday at 10:36 PM PHOENIX — Forty-four million prescriptions filled in the … Continue reading →

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The Continuous Low Dose that Isn’t a Continuous Low Dose

Posted on April 21, 2014 by jayr

‘Continuous low dose’? Excerpt from Best Pills, Worst Pills April 2014 Newsletter: NUVARING continues to be marketed as delivering a “continuous low dose,” suggesting greater safety relative to other hormonal contraceptives, but there is little evidence actually supporting this implication.[35] … Continue reading →

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Blood clot teaches Ballwin woman to be her own health advocate : Lifestyles

Posted on April 17, 2014 by jayr

Blood clot teaches Ballwin woman to be her own health advocate : Lifestyles. Excerpt from the article: Dr. Vedantham and others who study deep vein thrombosis say a major problem is how often it’s misdiagnosed. Vedantham said that’s not an … Continue reading →

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RxISK.org data on NuvaRing

Posted on April 14, 2014 by jayr

RxISK.org has great information about prescription drugs, especially on NuvaRing. RxISK is collecting data for both the US and Canada adverse event reporting systems. Click on the various side effects to see the statistics about each type of event.  Deaths … Continue reading →

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