Birth Control Pill Archives

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Postfertilization effects of oral contraceptives and their relationship to informed consent.

Archives of Family Medicine 2000 Feb;9 (2): 126-33. The primary mechanism of oral contraceptives is to inhibit ovulation, but this mechanism is not always operative. Read more...
Mayo Clinic: Birth Control Pill Increases Breast Cancer Risk

“Oral Contraceptive Use as a Risk Factor for Premenopausal Breast Cancer: A Meta-analysis,” Kahlenborn, et al., Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2006 Oct; 81(10): 1290-302. Read more...
Combined Estrogen-Progestogen Contraceptives are Carcinogenic

IARC Monographs Programme Finds Combined Estrogen-Progestogen Contraceptives and Menopausal Therapy are Carcinogenic to Humans – World Health Organization: Read Full Text An IARC Monographs Working Group has concluded that combined Read more...
Oral Contraception Linked to Prostate Deformities

New Scientist (May 3, 2005) Read more...
Pill Linked to Cervical Cancer Risk

BBC News – April 4, 2003: Long term use of the contraceptive pill could contribute to a woman’s risk of developing cervical cancer, researchers suggest. Human papillomavirus (HPV) Read more...
Breast Cancer and Hormonal Contraceptives

“Breast Cancer and Hormonal Contraceptives: Collaborative Reanalysis of Individual Data on 53,297 Women with Breast Cancer and 100,239 Women without Breast Cancer from 54 Epidemiological Studies,” by Collaborative Group on Hormonal Read more...

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