Drug regulators and maker of a new contraceptive pill have agreed on a plan that would put the morning-after pill on the list of over-the-counter medicines within weeks. Barr Labs, the manufacturer of the new birth control pill, Plan B, said that it would resubmit a second application and Susan Bro, spokeswoman for the Food and Drug Administration said that the FDA would respond quickly.

The FDA has put off plan B in what critics believe was a move driven by political considerations

The government is considering allowing the morning-after pill to be sold over the counter to women who are 18 and older. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration said it had reviewed 47,000 comments from the public that showed a large majority believe the pill should be sold both as a prescription and a non-prescription product.

Barr Laboratories, the manufacturer of the pill, has been working for three years to sell the pill to at least some women without a prescription. The FDA contacted Barr early Monday and said it wanted to meet with the company within seven days to iron out details

Research by scientists at University of California, San Francisco, has shown that teenagers with higher depression symptoms are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior. The study published in July's edition of the Journal Pediatrics urges parents to help their adolescent children seek mental health care if they are depressed.

In their study, Dr. Jocelyn A. Lehrer and her colleagues analyzed results of a large national study of adolescent health that included 4,152 boys and girls who were interviewed at home in 1995 and followed up a year later

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration delays approval of a new birth control pill that keeps women from menstruating.

The FDA had already extended the review period for Lybrel before. The drug's maker, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, tells The Associated Press it was hoping the FDA would approve the drug on Tuesday

Researchers from the Yorkshire Center for Eating Disorders at Seacroft Hospital in Leeds, UK have found that pregnant women who binge and purge are more likely to miscarry or give premature birth as compared to those who don't.

Earlier studies have suggested a direct link between Bulimia Nervosa and poor pregnancy out comes. In a study researchers compared pregnancies of 122 women with active Bulimia and 82 without