What Doctors Don't Tell YouLast month, we examined prescribed and herbal diuretics which can deplete your body of vital vitamins, minerals or other nutrients. This month, we continue with our list of drugs that have this ef ...
The oral contraceptive pill may increase the risk of HIV among women, according to findings by two senior doctors at Family Health International in North Carolina, USA (JAMA, 17 Nov 1993). ...
In October 1996 I started experiencing strange symptoms. One day I work up with blurred vision in my left eye. This was followed by a numb sensation around my midriff, and by tingling in my fing ...
Controversy over the contraceptive pill and its link with breast cancer has been rekindled. ...
Birth control pills: Some antifungals, antibiotics, anticonvulsants and barbiturates can reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives, resulting in as much as a 25 fold increased risk of pregna ...
A Dutch radio journalist has found evidence that the drug company Wyeth had discovered that the so called third generation oral contraceptives can increase the risk of thromboembolism. ...
Doctors have noted that women using third generation birth control have a higher risk of thromboembolism. Now they know why. ...
The risks of suffering a heart attack if you're taking the contraceptive pill have been well documented but researchers have found that the risk is far greater if you are an older woman who smokes ...
Oral contraceptive use increases the risk of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), bleeding under the thin membrane which covers the brain and spine, according to a new meta analysis. ...
Newer third generation birth control pills such as desogestrel or gestodene may not be safer for your heart than their predecessors, as originally predicted. ...
