Data shows the pill may reduce heart disease
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PHILADELPHIA - Oct. 22, 2004 â-omen who take birth control pills have a lower risk of heart disease, heart attack, and no increased risk of breast cancer according to a new study based on data from the Women&#39;s Health Initiative.
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Some people who occasionally have upsetting bouts of irregular heartbeats may be able to treat themselves and avoid a trip to the emergency room by popping a pill, much as those with chest pain do now with nitroglycerin, new research suggests.
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Duke researchers recently uncovered that an immediate and aggressive dosing regime of statins, cholesterol-lowering drugs, successfully reduces the future risk of heart attacks.
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LOS ANGELES -- Dutch scientists think they have discovered the diet that can add almost seven years to one&#39;s life and massively cut the risk of heart disease.
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A daily diet of wine, dark chocolate, fruits and vegetables, almonds and garlic -- along with fish four times a week -- could reduce heart disease in the US population by a whopping 76%, say the authors of a study published in this week&#39;s BMJ.
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Statiscians reviewing a study on oral contraceptive use find the study&#39;s claims that birth control pills reduce the risk of heart disease and does not increase the risk of heart cancer are wrong.
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(CBS 5 NEWS) - New information was released that once again calls into question the health risks of birth control pills. This past October, two major studies concluded that oral contraceptives lower the risk
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One of the largest studies carried out on the oral contraceptive pill has found it might protect women from heart disease and cancers of the ovaries and womb.
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Not content with having a drug that might merely fight obesity and smoking, the company developing this eagerly anticipated pill will soon launch studies to see if it can treat and prevent clogged arteries and heart disease.
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Taking the contraceptive pill does not increase a woman's chance of developing cancer and could even reduce the risk of getting the killer disease, a major British medical study showed on Wednesday.
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The contraceptive pill is less likely to work in women who are obese or overweight, according to new research. Scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle found that overweight women
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Lowering levels of a protein in the blood could offer another way of reducing the risk of heart disease, a study says.
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PHILADELPHIA - Results of a controversial study suggest that women who use oral contraceptives have lower risks of heart disease and stroke.
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The US National Institutes of Health said a study suggesting that the use of oral contraceptives lowered women&#39;s risk for heart disease was flawed and that there is no evidence to support that claim.
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NEW ORLEANS A two-drug pill dramatically reduces deaths among blacks with heart failure. That landmark finding is expected to lead to government approval of the first medication marketed for a specific race.
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A review of nine studies suggested that atenolol, a beta-blocker which slows heart activity, was no better than dummy pills in reducing death from heart disease or heart attacks although it did reduce stroke.
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Birth control pills reduce the incidence of heart attacks and other forms of cardiovascular disease and lower the incidence of certain types of cancer, including ovarian and endometrial cancer, researchers said Wednesday.