For the past decade, Dr. Heather Hirsch has tried to convince women that hormone therapy drugs are the best way to treat symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. But warning labels on estrogen have ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) A “black box” warning on a health product sounds pretty scary – maybe even more so when it’s suddenly being taken off the packaging. Black box warnings – or as the FDA officially ...

When obstetrician JoAnn Pinkerton spoke on a Food and Drug Administration panel recently, she didn't mince words. "Please stop harming women," she said. Pinkerton argues that the FDA's black box ...

In a pivotal move, the US Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it is taking steps to remove the lengthy “black box” warning on many hormone treatments for women with menopause symptoms, a ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A “black box” warning on a health product sounds pretty scary – maybe even more so when it’s suddenly being taken off the packaging. Americans were reminded of this type of public ...

The black box warning is the strongest type of alert the FDA puts on a drug label. Since 2003, labels of menopause treatments that contain estrogen – including pills, patches, sprays and creams – have ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) C. Michael White, University of Connecticut (THE CONVERSATION) A “black box” warning ...