An entry on re:Cycling, the blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, mentions a recent study that found short-term methods of birth control – such as birth control pills, patches and vaginal rings — have a higher failure rate than long-term methods such as an IUD or skin implant.
The study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis involved more than 7,500 participants who were given ...
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A study reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology found that babies born to expectant mothers using antidepressants are more likely to be born early or have a seizure soon after birth.
According to a report in Reuters, researchers looked at nearly 229,000 infants born to Tennessee women. They found that those whose mothers used antidepressants during their second trimester tended to be born earlier.
Researchers also found that newborns ...
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A recent study by researchers at the University of British Columbia found a link between use of birth control pills containing the compound drospirenone, and irritable bowel syndrome.
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New research indicates that the use of oral contraceptives by younger women may be linked with inflammatory bowel disease, according to an article in U.S. News and World Report.
The report quotes Dr. Hamed Khalili, a clinical and research fellow of gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, as saying that women who take oral contraceptives for more than five years have a threefold increased risk of Crohn’s disease.
Crohn’s causes inflammation ...
continue reading...According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, aspirin may be just as effective a long-term treatment for blood clots as commonly prescribed blood thinners such as warfarin, while carrying less risk of bleeding.
According to a U.S. News and World Report article on the study, Italian researchers looked at 402 patients who took either aspirin or a placebo after receiving other anticoagulant treatment for six to ...
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released some statistics about stroke rates over the last several years.
Strokes are frequently caused by blood clots breaking off and traveling to the brain. According to the Mayo Clinic, risk factors for blood clots include a family history of clots, long periods of immobility, pregnancy and use of birth control pills.
While most birth control pills can increase the risk of blood ...
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