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FDA lifts ‘black box’ warning labels from menopause hormone drugs

Headline from Fox32 Chicago, on the newest of 2 developments

The FDA is lifting a serious “black box" warning from hormone therapies that are used for menopause symptoms.

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  1. The FDA removes a long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs

    Headline from The Columbian ·

  2. Newest

    FDA lifts ‘black box’ warning labels from menopause hormone drugs

    Headline from Fox32 Chicago ·

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    FDA will remove long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs, citing benefits for women (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Hormone-based drugs used to treat hot flashes and other menopause symptoms will no longer carry a bold warning label about stroke, heart attack, dementia and other serious

  2. NBC New York

    Hormone replacement therapy will no longer carry a warning label, FDA says (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    Black-box labels on the medications — which are prescribed to treat menopause symptoms — warn of serious risks like breast cancer and heart attacks.

  3. NPR

    The FDA will lift warnings on hormone therapy for menopause (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Hormone therapy drugs have carried box warning labels for years. The Food and Drug Administration is removing them, saying the risks were overstated.

  4. Scientific American

    FDA Strips Health Risk Warnings from Menopause Hormone Therapy (opens Scientific American)

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    Scientific American's feed description

    In a reversal, the Food and Drug Administration has removed black box warnings on hormone replacement therapies for menopause

  5. UPI

    FDA removes black box warning on hormone replacement therapy (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday it would remove the black box warning on hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women.

  6. Washington Examiner

    FDA 'liberates' hormone therapy for menopause (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The FDA is removing its strictest safety warnings from hormone replacement therapy for menopause treatment.

  7. New York Post

    FDA to finally remove ‘scary’ and ‘outdated’ black box warning for menopause treatment (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The lengthy "black box" warning on several menopause treatments is finally undergoing changes by the Food and Drug Administration.

  8. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    FDA removes long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    The FDA has removed a long-standing warning from HRT, or hormone-replacement-therapy-based menopause drugs.

  9. WDIO Duluth

    The FDA removes a long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    The Food and Drug Administration says it will remove a long-standing warning from hormone-based drugs used to treat menopause symptoms in women. The change announced Monday is a break from more than 20 years of FDA policy, in which the drugs carried the agency’s most severe warning label.

  10. WHDH Boston

    FDA will remove long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs, citing benefits for women - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Hormone-based drugs used to treat hot flashes and other menopause symptoms will no longer carry a bold warning label about stroke, heart

  11. KVIA El Paso

    FDA removes black box warning on hormonal therapy used to treat women with menopause (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Warning labels on estrogen used in therapy for treating symptoms of menopause has discouraged many women from using it in the past. Today the Food and Drug Administration is asking companies to remove what is known as "black box warnings" on hormone therapy drugs containing …

  12. WMUR

    FDA will remove warning from hormone-based menopause drugs (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    FDA drops decades-old boxed warning on many estrogen and progestin menopause drugs, updating labels while keeping uterine cancer guidance and prescriber information

  13. CNN

    ‘Black box’ safety warning to be removed from hormone therapy for menopause (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    In a pivotal move, the US Food and Drug Administration on Monday said it is taking steps to remove the lengthy “black box” warning on many hormone treatments for women with menopause symptoms — a shift expected to give women more options for treatment and generate a flood of new prescriptions.

  14. Fox News

    FDA moves to lift ‘black box’ warnings from hormone therapies for menopause symptoms (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The FDA announced its intent to remove “black box" warnings from hormone replacement therapy products for menopause.

  15. Roll Call

    FDA removes warning for hormone replacement therapy for menopause (opens Roll Call)

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    Roll Call's feed description

    The Food and Drug Administration is removing "black box" warnings on hormone replacement therapy for menopause.

  16. PhillyVoice

    Hormone therapy treatments for menopause no longer will carry warnings on heart disease, cancer (opens PhillyVoice)

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    PhillyVoice's feed description

    The FDA will remove black box warnings on hormone replacement therapy products for menopause treatment. Labels previously mentioned risk of breast cancer, heart disease and dementia, but FDA officials say this info is misleading.

  17. Digital Journal

    US to remove warnings from menopause hormone therapy (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    The United States will remove strong safety warnings on many hormone therapies used to alleviate menopausal symptoms, saying the risks have been

  18. Delaware Public Media

    Watch: FDA Commissioner on lifting warnings on hormone therapy for menopause (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    Hormone therapy drugs have carried box warning labels for years. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary talks with NPR about why the agency is removing them.

  19. WSVN Miami

    FDA will remove long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs, citing benefits for women - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Hormone-based drugs used to treat hot flashes and other menopause symptoms will no longer carry a bold warning label about stroke, heart

  20. Fox32 Chicago

    FDA lifts ‘black box’ warning labels from menopause hormone drugs (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Fox32 Chicago's feed description

    The FDA is lifting a serious “black box" warning from hormone therapies that are used for menopause symptoms.

  21. The Boston Globe

    FDA will remove black box warnings from hormone treatments for menopause (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The changes, expected within six months, represent a radical turnabout in what women have been told about hormone replacement therapy.

  22. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    FDA removes warning on hormone drugs (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    WASHINGTON -- Hormone-based drugs used to treat hot flashes and other menopause symptoms will no longer carry a bold warning label about stroke, heart attack, dementia and other serious risks, the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday.

  23. Hawaiitribune Herald

    US FDA to drop black box warnings from menopause hormone therapies - Hawaii Tribune-Herald (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    Hawaiitribune Herald's feed description

    US FDA to drop black box warnings from menopause hormone therapies - Nation and World News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald

  24. The Daily Caller

    FDA’s Latest Move Might Not Be All It’s Chalked Up To Be (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    “The FDA is initiating the removal of broad black box warnings from hormone replacement therapy products for menopause,” said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday.

  25. New Hampshire Union Leader

    FDA pulls warning labels from hormone replacement therapies (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    Hormone replacement therapies used to treat menopause symptoms no longer need to carry strict warnings about potential side effects, including cancer and heart disease, the Food and Drug Administration announced

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