Religion & Law

FDA to Consider Approval for New Emergency Contraceptive
Salon.com: FDA considers a Plan C, by Tracy Clark-Flory: But anti-abortion activists want ulipristal acetate, a new and improved emergency contraceptive, to be banned Next week, the Food and Drug Administration is set to consider approval for an emergency contraceptive...

Phillipines: Sharp Decline in Publicly Funded Contraceptives in Creates Barriers to Women's Contraceptive Use
Guttmacher Institute news release: Cutbacks in Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services Reduce Filipino Women's Ability to Practice Contraception:Poor Women Most Affected by Higher Contraceptive Costs A sharp decline in publicly funded contraceptive services and supplies in the Philippines since 2004 has...

Concerns Mount Over Contraceptive Patch
US News & World Report: Should the Birth Control Patch Be Pulled?, by Deborah Kotz: News is looking worse and worse for the contraceptive patch made by Ortho Evra. Well-known consumer health advocate Sidney Wolfe petitioned the Food and Drug...

Study Shows Adolescents' Contraceptive Use Has Higher Failure Rate
Guttmacher Institute news release: Adolescent Women's Contraceptive Use is Less Consistent than that of Adult Women, With a Much Higher Failure Rate: New Analysis Compares Evidence from More Than 40 Countries A new study of women?s contraceptive use around the...

Generic Plan B Contraceptive Approved For Teens
  Approved For Teens Under 17 LEARN MORE FDA Statement on Plan B InjuryBoard News - Plan B Contraceptive Available Without Prescriptions - March 2009 News, Should Contraceptives be allowed in school? October 2008   IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto/ teen and pills   The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first generic version of the Plan B by prescription for women ages 17 and under...

Increased Use of Generic Drugs
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog's Jacob Goldstein reports, For those keeping score at home: The total number of U.S. prescriptions for generic drugs grew by 12% a year between 2004 and 2008, while the number of prescriptions for branded...

Medicare
Guide to government health insurance for the elderly

Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets

Online Medication Sites
Prescription Drugs Sold Without Prescriptions

Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch
allegedly causing fatal blood clots, heart attack, and stroke.

KB Home and Countrywide Financial Corp.
allegedly conspired with appraisers to boost housing prices as the market crashed.

Coca-Cola Co.
has agreed to pay $137.5 million to settle a securities lawsuit claiming the company artificially inflated sales to boost its stock price.

Piperacillin/Tazobactam for Injection Recalled
Health Canada Warns of Health Risks

Health Insurance
alleging health insurance companies have forced patients to pay more than they should when using doctors and hospitals outside their insurer's networks.