NEW YORK (Reuters) - Life sciences company Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) said on Friday it would discontinue the sale of its birth control product Essure in the United States, citing a decline in sales of the ...

WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – After suffering symptoms of extreme pelvic pain, bleeding and migraines, former users of a birth control device known as Essure are pushing for Congress to immediately ...

Safety reports related to Bayer's Essure birth control device have been piling up at the FDA and now, the agency is making its move. It issued an order restricting the sale and distribution of Essure ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – There are more complaints linked to the birth control device Essure, including reports of the device breaking into pieces inside the body. The device consists of two nickel ...

Pharmaceutical giant Bayer said Friday that it will halt sales of its controversial Essure birth-control device in the United States at the end of the year, bringing to a close a protracted battle ...

Four years ago, some of the women told us the pain was so serious they had hysterectomies to remove the flexible coils inserted into their fallopian tubes. Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Essure is a permanent birth control device that consists of two small metal coils inserted through the vagina into the fallopian tubes (see image, below). The device is popular among women and ...

Since it was approved to go on the market in 2002, Essure, an implantable permanent contraceptive device, has been plagued by controversy. Thousands of women have filed grievances with the US Food and ...