Monthly Archives: February 2010

Yaz in the News Again

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Samantha Elboim

Claudia Coffey of Fox 5 in Washington D.C. just reported on a story about another young woman, Jessica, who suffered from a blood clot in her leg after taking Yaz. Jessica says that her leg swelled up about twice its … Continue reading →

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Tennessee College Student Suffers Pulmonary Embolism after taking Yaz

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Kristine Meredith

I just read a story that aired in Tennessee on NewsChannel 5 about a woman named Leah. Leah was a twenty year old student at Tennessee Tech and on her way to becoming a nurse when, last January, her college … Continue reading →

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A Closer Look at the Yaz Commercials and Marketing Campaign

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Samantha Elboim

I recently stumbled across a story about Yaz describing another one of its clever advertising campaigns. Bayer Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Yaz, hired Lo Bosworth, a young actress on the popular MTV reality show "the Hills" to be the new … Continue reading →

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Yaz and Potassium

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Dylan

Potassium – most of us probably know that we can get potassium from eating certain foods like bananas and oranges, but for those of us whose last biology class was more than a few years back, we may forget what … Continue reading →

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