FRIDAY, Jan. 23, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be primary (originating in the brain) or secondary (metastatic, spreading to the ...

The FDA approved a new safety warning for Depo-Provera alerting patients to a possible risk for a type of brain tumor called ...

A national clinical trial led by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology has found that abemaciclib, an oral cancer drug, may slow tumor growth in patients with aggressive meningiomas that have ...

In recent years, several major medical studies have identified a potential association between the Depo-Provera birth control shot and the development of meningioma brain tumors. Meningioma is ...

As of 2025, lawsuits are now underway against Pfizer, the manufacturer of Depo-Provera, filed by women who were diagnosed with meningioma after using the birth control shot. These cases allege that ...

This week, the FDA approved a label change on Depo Provera, requiring its maker, Pfizer, to warn women about links between use of the birth control injection and brain tumors known as meningiomas.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new safety warning for Depo-Provera, a widely used birth control shot made by Pfizer, alerting patients to a possible risk for a type of brain ...

Doctor says treatment and symptoms indicate tumor is not very big. June 6, 2012 — -- It's unlikely that singer Sheryl Crow's meningioma -- a tumor that occurs outside of the brain -- triggered ...

Erin Bremmer was working on her graduate degree in clinical mental health counseling at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, when the double vision she’d been experiencing now and then ...