Women on the pill live longer, study finds

Reuters ^ | Mar 11, 2010 | Reporting by Kate Kelland; Editing by Jon Hemming

[decimon]

One of the world's largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are less likely to die from any cause, including cancer and heart disease.

British researchers said their study, which should reassure many millions of women across the world who have taken oral birth control pills, found no link between the drugs and an increased long-term risk of dying sooner.

"The results of this study are enormously reassuring and suggest that in the longer term the health benefits of the contraceptive pill outweigh any risks," said Richard Anderson of Edinburgh University and the Medical Research Council human reproductive sciences unit, who was not involved in the study.

The research, published in the British Medical Journal on Friday, followed 46,000 women for nearly 40 years, creating "more than a million woman-years" of observation, according to Philip Hannaford from Aberdeen University, who led the study.

[decimon]

Makes you larger ping.

[divine_moment_of_facts]

I wonder which Pharma Co. did this study.

[a fool in paradise]

“But the scientists said their findings may only be true for women who have taken older-style pills rather than those on more modern types of drugs, since their study began in 1968.”

[LongElegantLegs]

I had the depo shot once, and gained 40 pounds in a two months.

Keep your long life, I want to be skinny!

[christianhomeschoolmommaof3]

My thoughts exactly!

[a fool in paradise]

Earlier reports from the same study -- known as the Royal College of General Practitioners' Oral Contraception Study and one of the world's largest ongoing investigations into the health effects of oral contraceptives -- suggested the drugs may increase the risk of dying sooner, particularly in older women or those who smoked.

While the newest data also showed a slightly higher risk in women under 45 who are current or recent users of the pill, the researchers said the effects in younger women disappear after about 10 years and the benefits in older women outweigh the risks in younger women.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger, I guess.

[wagglebee]

I wonder which Pharma Co. did this study.

Exactly.

[mlizzy]

Women in "love," not "lust," live happier (and with more joy) no matter how long their life span.

Brought to you by Natural Family Planning, not to be confused with Planned Parenthood (by murder) ...

[ßuddaßudd]

damnit, Am I the only tired of all these stupid british news stories clogging up our lives with crap?
or, was I just thinking out loud?

[Carpe Cerevisi]

[a fool in paradise]

For awhile, Big Pharma was trying to get girls to convince their parents to put them on the pill to reduce acne.

[tupac]

Does it work for men too?

[murron]

There’s no doubt that there has been an increase in breast cancer in the past thirty years. How many women who have died of breast cancer were on the pill at some point in their lives?

[decimon]

Does it work for men too?

See any pregnant men?

[GailA]

They ambulance chasers are running ads for clients for YAZ.

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[absolootezer0]

Does it work for men too?

only as a byproduct of the lessening of pain and mood swings in women experiencing PMS.

[absolootezer0]

There’s no doubt that there has been an increase in breast cancer in the past thirty years.

haven't they linked one cause of breast cancer to abortions?

[bgill]

Or maybe it’s teenagers who age you.

[Mila]

"There’s no doubt that there has been an increase in breast cancer in the past thirty years. How many women who have died of breast cancer were on the pill at some point in their lives?"

Preach it honey! Birth control has been pushed on women like they were candy pills. And don't get me started on hormone replacement. When, because of my concern of their link to breast cancer, I resisted my doctor's suggestion that I take them, he blithely informed me that due to my age even if I did get it something else would kill me long before the the cancer. Charming attitude!