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To: krodriguesdc
"but it raised the number of strokes by 41 percent, heart attacks by 29 percent and breast cancer cases by 26 percent. "

The % of the increase in risk is large, but 500 times zero is still zero. I bet the chance of having a heart attack etc. is still small if no other risk factors are present. I hate sloppy scare-mongering statistics like that.

Also, aren't birth contol pills similar to these? Anyone looking at the effect of those?
14 posted on 07/10/2002 7:56:50 AM PDT by Grig
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To: Grig
why did the Feds stop the study if it is not that dangerous?
15 posted on 07/10/2002 12:39:08 PM PDT by krodriguesdc
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