Pill could cut cancer and heart disease risk
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Taking the pill can reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer, according to research out yesterday. Researchers from Wayne State University in Detroit used data from 162,000 women in the largest and most
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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.
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(National-NBC) Nov. 30, 2004 - A medicine used to make a woman&#39;s bones stronger may also cut the risk of breast cancer in half.
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A contraceptive drug that avoids the side effects of hormonal birth control is on the horizon, say scientists.
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The new finding that birth control pills may actually help a woman&#39;s health is raising several questions, not to mention a few eyebrows.
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A new study shows that for younger post-menopausal women, estrogen may actually reduce the risk of heart disease
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Researchers said on Thursday they had found more ways to activate the body's own anti-aging defenses -- perhaps with a pill that could fight multiple diseases at once.
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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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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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GlaxoSmithKline's new breast cancer pill Tykerb might help prevent the growth of tumors in some people with a hard-to-treat form of the disease, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
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A NEW miracle pill that helps people to lose weight and stop smoking could be available within two years, scientists have claimed.
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THE Pill does not increase the risk of breast cancer, and can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer and heart disease, according to the largest study conducted into the oral contraceptive.
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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 - birth control pills - is safe.
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ATLANTA, June 20 -- 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 women who start taking them in their 50s.
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A French pharmaceutical company claims it has developed a pill that helps you lose weight and quit smoking. Scientists say the experimental drug might be even more versatile, providing a new tool to help people stop abusing drugs and alcohol, too.
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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.