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Women on the pill live longer, study finds
Reuters ^ | Mar 11, 2010 | Reporting by Kate Kelland; Editing by Jon Hemming

Posted on 03/12/2010 1:21:09 PM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: contraception; contraceptivepill; hormones; plannedparenthood; pravdamedia; sexpositiveagenda; thepill
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To: decimon

BS!
They may live longer if you factor out the premature deaths from blood clots (strokes, pulmonary embolisms, etc.)!!


21 posted on 03/12/2010 2:30:04 PM PST by ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY (It's the spending, Stupid!)
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To: absolootezer0
“haven’t they linked one cause of breast cancer to abortions?”

SHHHH! Don’t you know that’s just a scary story invented by pro-life groups? After all we don’t want to have mothers thinking twice about butchering their babies!

Do I need to post a sarcasm alert?

22 posted on 03/12/2010 2:34:17 PM PST by ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY (It's the spending, Stupid!)
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To: decimon
Reporting by Kate Kelland; Editing by Jon Hemming

Drivel by feminist reporter, grammar and spelling corrected by her liberal mentor.

23 posted on 03/12/2010 2:40:29 PM PST by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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To: divine_moment_of_facts; decimon; DvdMom; grey_whiskers
I wonder which Pharma Co. did this study.

Why don't you check the source? It's a FReebie.

Mortality among contraceptive pill users: cohort evidence from Royal College of General Practitioners’ Oral Contraception Study

24 posted on 03/12/2010 2:56:44 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: Allegra; Tijeras_Slim

This FREERIDER is gonna live forever....ha ha ha


25 posted on 03/12/2010 3:15:06 PM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Big Pharma was trying to get girls to convince their parents to put them on the pill to reduce acne.

LOL! My roommate in college went on the pill to "treat" her acne. She was opposed to the pill due to her faith, but justified it because of her acne.

Ironically, I only had a skin problem when I took the pill.

26 posted on 03/12/2010 3:27:46 PM PST by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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