Study: Pill Cuts Cancer, Coronary Risks
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PHILADELPHIA Oct 21, 2004 - Women on the birth control pill had surprisingly lower risks of heart disease and stroke and no increased risk of breast cancer, according to the largest women&#39;s health study ever done.
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WOMEN on the birth control pill have surprisingly lower risks of heart disease, strokes and cancer, according to the largest women&#39;s health study ever done.
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Five years after a landmark study scared millions of women off hormones for menopause symptoms, new research suggests the pills may offer some heart benefits for certain younger women who start taking them in their 50s. Women who took estrogen suffered less hardening of the arteries than those who took dummy pills, researchers reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- For years, experts have noted that people who take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for pain relief also lower their risk for a variety of cancers.
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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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40-year study shows it cuts long-term risk of cancer of any kind by up to 12%.
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Taking one drug to raise "good" cholesterol and one to lower bad cholesterol can slow the progression of heart disease more effectively than either medicine alone, a new study has found.
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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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Large doses of vitamin D may reduce the risk of cancer, according to a four-year U.S. study published on Friday involving nearly 1,200 women over the age of 55 in rural Nebraska.
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Oct. 20, 2004 -- Birth control pills may lower women&#39;s risk of certain cancers and heart disease, according to two new studies from Wayne State University.
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After decades of scares, the US Women&#39;s Health Initiative, which studied 162,000 women, found those who had taken the oral contraceptive had a lower chance of heart problems.
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Science & environment: Drug that boosts ability to lower cholesterol could help guard against heart attacks, research shows
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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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Women who take the Pill are protecting themselves against cancer and heart disease, says a new study that contradicts numerous investigations and health scares.
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Vitamin pills taken by millions of people do not protect against stomach and bowel cancers and might even make them worse, according to a new study published today.
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The heart benefits of taking so-called  statin drugs to reduce cholesterol might be offset by a  slightly increased risk of cancer, although the evidence is by  no means clear, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.
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The move follows recent studies suggesting that the medications might cause heart attacks or make cancer worse in some patients.