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SUMMARY: Are you too heavy for your birth-control puls? STATION: KDKA Channel 2 REPORTER: Kristme Sorensen WHEN IT AIRED: Aug. 23 RUNNING TIME: 1 min ute, 52 seconds VISUALS: » Birth-control pill "dial packs." » Faceless, overweight (and some pregnant) women walking around. HIGHLIGHTS: » When Sorensen begins, "Anyone who has kids knows that you give them medicine based on their weight. Well, tonight, there's new evidence that weight can change the effectiveness of adult medications, too - especially birth-control pills. It's a phenomenon that may be resulting in unintended pregnancies among heavier women." » When she elaborates, "Oral contraceptives come in one-size-fits-all. But several new studies suggest that there are more unplanned pregnancies for heavy women on the pill than there...
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On July 19, the Institute of Medicine - an independent, nonpartisan organization of American health-care professionals - recommended that affordable birth control, as basic preventive care, be made available to millions of U.S. women without cost-sharing.
The institute's recommendation now goes to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a final decision about what services to include as fully covered preventive health care. If HHS takes this recommendation, all new health plans under the Affordable Care Act will be required to cover the full range of FDA-approved contraceptive methods without charging co-pays or other out-of- pocket fees. In addition, the recommendation also includes covering - as preventive health-care services - annual exams, enhanced DNA Pap tests, and c...
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Two new lawsuits have been filed against Bayer, the manufacturer of the birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin, by pension funds for Pennsylvania firefighters and city employees.
The suits are similar to hundreds of other lawsuits pending across the country, which allege that the company concealed health risks associated with the pills - such as an increased risk of strokes, heart attacks and blood clots - and lied about their effectiveness.
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