EU agency sees no new risks with combined contraceptives

LONDON (Reuters) – European drug regulators said on Friday there was no reason for women to stop using combined contraceptives like Bayer’s Meliane or Yasmin pills since there was no new evidence pointing to safety risks. The move comes after French health regulators said last week they were considering limiting use of some birth control pills after a woman sued the German drugmaker over alleged side-effects. …

Judge won’t block New York City circumcision law

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Manhattan federal judge refused to block a New York City regulation requiring people who perform circumcisions and use their mouths to draw away blood from the wound on a baby’s penis to first obtain written consent from the parents. U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald on Thursday refused to issue a preliminary injunction against the change to the city’s health code, which some members of the city’s Orthodox Jewish communities called an unwarranted government intrusion on religious freedom. …

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