Birth control pill may cut cancer risk: study
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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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Federal officials Wednesday backed away from the findings of two major studies on birth control pills, saying the research was flawed and that a new analysis shows there is no evidence that oral contraceptives cut the risk of heart disease.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Woman who take oral contraceptives greatly reduce their risk of developing ovarian cancer, and the longer they take them the greater the protection, a new study confirms.
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Birth control pills can protect women against ovarian cancer for 30 years or longer after they stop taking them and have so far prevented 100,000 ovarian cancer deaths worldwide, British researchers said on Thursday.
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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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The same huge federal study that led millions of women to abandon use of hormones after menopause now provides reassurance that another hormone concoction â-he birth control pill â -safe.
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LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale) - Scientists reported on  Wednesday a remarkable new side effect of the Pill -- it  changes women's preference in men.
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NEW YORK  - Oral contraceptive use and loss of normal menstrual function may negatively impact bone health, according to a study of female military cadets.
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Oral contraceptives appear to prevent heart disease and some cancers in women, according to the largest study into the long-term health impact of the Pill.
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NEW YORK  - An effective hormonal contraceptive for men may be on the horizon, a new study suggests.
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The Pill does not boost a woman&#39;s risk of developing cancer and, for a majority of women, may even reduce that hazard, according to a long-term study published online on Wednesday.
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Birth control pills taken by about 100 million women worldwide may clog arteries when taken more than 10 years, according to a study.
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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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TUESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Premenopausal women who get a lot of vitamin D and calcium may cut their risk of breast cancer by almost a third, Harvard Medical School researchers report.
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SAN ANTONIO -- The millions of women who quit taking menopause hormones after a big federal study found that the pills raised the risk of breast cancer now have more reason to be glad they stopped.
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Building hope for one pill to prevent many cancers, vitamin D cut the risk of several types of cancer by 60 percent overall for older women in the most rigorous study yet.
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Tamoxifen reduces the risk of breast cancer returning long after women stop taking the drug, research suggests.