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Contraception
U.S. government says study on birth control pill's benefits was flawed
January 9th, 2005
A study concluding that birth control pills slightly lowered the risk of heart disease has now been called into question by U.S. federal officials who say the study was flawed and wasn't properly reviewed before it was presented at a major medical meeting in October. Doctors from Wayne State University in Detroit presented two studies at a reproductive medicine meeting in Philadelphia claiming that oral contraceptives lowered heart disease risks and did not increase the risk of breast cancer. That got a lot of attention because the conclusions were the opposite of what previous studies had found. The new information also came from the largest women's...
Source: Aging & Elder Health Week (2005-01-09)
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