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Women taking birth control pill likely to have smaller key brain region: S
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 07 (ANI): A new study by researchers studying the brain found that women taking oral contraceptives, commonly known as birth control pills, has significantly smaller hypothalamus volume, compared to women not taking the pill.
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Key brain region smaller in birth control pill users: Study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 04 (ANI): If you have been taking birth control pills either to treat irregular periods, cramps, acne, PCOS, endometriosis or other conditions here's the news for you! A new study by researchers studying the brain found that women taking oral contraceptives, common
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Birth control pills may block blood flow to brain
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 09 (ANI): Turns out, birth control pills increase the risk of ischemic strokes which are usually caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a blood vessel in the brain. This keeps blood from flowing to the brain.
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Birth control may reduce ovarian cancer risk
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 2 (ANI): According to a new study, use of contemporary birth control pills, patches or rings that contain both estrogen and progestin has been linked to a reduced risk for ovarian cancer in women of reproductive ages.
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Contraceptive pills may turn you depressed
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 3 (ANI): Contraceptive pills and the birth control pills are now used very commonly in India and world-wide.
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Women not taking contraceptives have low Vitamin D: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Aug. 8 (ANI): A recent study reveals that women are at a higher risk of having fallen vitamin D level when they stop using birth control pills or other contraceptives containing estrogens.
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