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Study Results Show That Oral Contraceptives/Hormone Replacement Therapy May Protect Against Brain Aneurysms
Findings Announced at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 7th Annual Meeting CARLSBAD, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Results from a retrospective, case-control study  presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 7th Annual Meeting could have significant implications for women at risk of brain aneurysms as data shows that oral contraceptives (OC) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may yield the additional benefit of protecting against the formation and/or rupture of brain aneurysms – balloon-like sacks that form in a weakened artery wall and, upon bursting, can cause severe disability or death.

Teva Admits to Making False Statements in US Gianviâ„¢ Label and Agrees to Corrective Measures
WAYNE, N.J., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In a June 16, 2010 proceeding before Judge Virginia Kendall in US Federal Court in the Northern District of Illinois, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. admitted that the Physician Prescribing Information included with packages of its oral contraceptive Gianviâ„¢, falsely claimed that the ethinyl estradiol in the product was stabilized by Bayer's  patented "betadex as a clathrate" formulation, and in fact, that Gianvi does not have Bayer's patented stabilization formulation.

Gallbladder Disease - A Dangerous Side Effect of a 4th Generation Birth Control Pill
Many women are suffering from gallbladder problems that were caused by one of the first fourth generation birth control pills to come on the market. This particular oral contraceptive is a combination hormone contraceptive. It contains a synthetic form of progestin called drospirenone and another hormone, estrogen, called ethinyl estradiol.


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