Is combined oral contraceptive use linked to SLE incidence? Chi Chiu Mok 1 Nature Reviews Rheumatology volume 5 , pages 360–361 ( 2009 ) Cite this article ...

The study elaborated on how birth control pills contain ‘synthetic hormones ... aged 18-26 who had been using combined oral contraceptives for at least three months. The participants were ...

Third-generation oral contraceptives are an association of low-dose ethinyl estradiol and potent testosterone-derived progestins, developed in order to improve general and vascular tolerance.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess age specific incidence and mortality of stroke, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and idiopathic venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with use of modern low dose ...

We found long-acting contraceptives seem to be as safe as the pill when it comes to cancer risk (which is good news) but not necessarily any safer than the pill. The International Agency for Research ...

How does the contraceptive pill affect cancer risk? The International Agency for Research on Cancer, which compiles evidence on cancer causes, has concluded that oral contraceptives have mixed effects ...

I could never go back to men.' There are two main types of birth control pills for women — combined oral contraceptives, also called the Pill, and a progestin-only pill. Both are prescribed by ...

Since Carl Djerassi and Gregory Pincus brought the proof of concept of OCs in the early 1960s, with a pill containing ... the 45 years of experience of oral contraceptives, with the improvement ...

A nurse claims a contraceptive pill nearly killed her after blaming aching muscles on working gruelling 12-hour shifts - that turned out to be a deadly blood clot 'caused by the pill'. Chloe Mangan ...