What Doctors Don't Tell YouDoctors 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. ...
The latest example of medical double speak concerns the contraceptive pill. ...
Q-I am 36. I've always suffered from heavy periods, acne and facial hair. Fifteen years ago, my doctor diagnosed my problem as polycystic ovarian disease and put me on the Pill. Lately, my periods ...
This month, we received a letter from a family planning doctor defending the use of the Pill (see Letters, p 8). It got me thinking about how this drug, more than any other, is getting away with m ...
A few weeks ago, the British government, in one of the most dramatic moves in the 30-year history of the Pill, issued a warning against seven brands containing one of two of the so-called "low dos ...
