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Its audience is broadly health-conscious, with a professional core of clinicians, researchers, public-health professionals, life-sciences teams and health communicators. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Apr 11, 2012 3:45 PM UTC  Harrison Eastwood / Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Apr 11, 2012 3:45 PM UTC Yaz, Yasmin and other newer birth control pills will soon be bearing warning labels that detail the potential risk of blood clot risks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday.more The FDA is updating the labels based on recent studies that suggest that birth control pills containing drospirenone, a synthetic version of the female hormone progesterone, have a slightly increased risk of blood clots, compared with older birth control pills. (**MORE**: [Caution Ladies: More Birth Control Pills Recalled](http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/28/caution-ladies-more-birth-control-pills-recalled/)) The new labels will note that some studies have found as high as a threefold increase in the risk of blood clots with drospirenone-containing pills, and will include a summary of a previous FDA-funded [study](http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm277346.htm) on the risk, officials said [in a statement](http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm299305.htm). However, the overall risk of blood clots on either newer or older birth control pills is still very low. In its statement, the FDA put the risk into perspective: --- > “” --- Popular birth control brands Beyaz, Safyral, Yasmin and Yaz will all receive the updated labels, but the FDA says women already using them shouldn’t worry and should “continue taking their pills as directed unless told otherwise by their healthcare professional.” (**VIDEO:** [Nancy Gibbs on the Pill’s Importance](http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,79545976001%5F1983742,00.html)) The FDA does suggest that women educate themselves on symptoms of blood clots, including persistent leg pain, severe chest pain and sudden shortness of breath. 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