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&lt;/table&gt;</description><category>Technology</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:46:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Switching to Plan B in Birth Control - New University Newspaper</title><link>http://www.newuniversity.org/2008/03/features/switching_to_plan_b/</link><guid>http://www.newuniversity.org/2008/03/features/switching_to_plan_b/439</guid><description>Condoms and birth control do wonders against these dangers, but accidents still happen. For example, the condom can break, or she can forget to take two or more of her pills this month. We all make stupid decisions sometimes. Unfortunately these are ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can taking birth control pills make you live longer? - KMOV</title><link>http://www.kmov.com/news/health/Can-taking-birth-control-pills-make-you-live-longer-87656642.html</link><guid>http://www.kmov.com/news/health/Can-taking-birth-control-pills-make-you-live-longer-87656642.html799</guid><description>We welcome your comments on this story's topic. Off-topic comments, personal attacks, and inappropriate language may be flagged and removed, and comment privileges blocked, per our Terms of Service. Thanks for keeping the comments space respectful</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Birth control pills not associated with long-term death ... - New York Daily News</title><link>http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2010/03/13/2010-03-13_birth_control_pills_not_associated_with_longterm_death_risk_study.html</link><guid>http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2010/03/13/2010-03-13_birth_control_pills_not_associated_with_longterm_death_risk_study.html800</guid><description>Women face minimal health risks while using birth control pills, and those tend to diminish with time, according to a 40-year study of 46,000 women. Articles Ability to taste fat in food may determine whether weight is healthy Massages aren't worth ...</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Taking birth control pills may prolong a woman's life ... - The Money Times</title><link>http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20100313/taking-birth-control-pills-may-prolong-woman039s-lifestudy-id-10103563.html</link><guid>http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20100313/taking-birth-control-pills-may-prolong-woman039s-lifestudy-id-10103563.html801</guid><description>The study results show that women who have taken oral contraceptives at some point in their lives have a lower risk of death than women who have never been prescribed pills. Here?s good news for women who use birth-control pills. They live longer ...</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Birth control pills somehow extended life, study shows - Olympian</title><link>http://www.theolympian.com/2010/03/13/1171163/birth-control-pills-somehow-extended.html</link><guid>http://www.theolympian.com/2010/03/13/1171163/birth-control-pills-somehow-extended.html802</guid><description>LONDON ? Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says. British researchers observed more than 46,000 women for nearly four decades from 1968. They compared the number ...</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Birth control pill may extend lives, British study says - NorthJersey.com</title><link>http://www.northjersey.com/news/international/87553007_Birth_control_pill_may_extend_lives__British_study_says.html</link><guid>http://www.northjersey.com/news/international/87553007_Birth_control_pill_may_extend_lives__British_study_says.html803</guid><description>In the longer term, the health benefits of the contraceptive pill outweigh any risks," Richard Anderson, a gynecologist at the University of Edinburgh, said in a statement. Anderson was not connected to the BMJ study. But he said the findings might ...</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Birth-control pills may lengthen women's lives - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</title><link>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10072/1042528-114.stm</link><guid>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10072/1042528-114.stm804</guid><description>LONDON -- Birth-control pills may lead to longer lives for women ... said researchers led by Philip Hannaford from Scotland's University of Aberdeen. "Many women, especially those who used the first generation of oral contraceptives many years ago ...</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:49:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Women on birth control pills live longer: Study - Presstv</title><link>http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=120732&amp;sectionid=3510210</link><guid>http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=120732&amp;sectionid=3510210805</guid><description>While previous studies had pointed out several complications with birth control pills, a new study says these pills can extend the lives of women taking them. Oral contraceptive (OC) pills had long been linked to an increased risk of death ...</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:49:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Do You Take Birth Control Pills? - FitSugar.com</title><link>http://www.fitsugar.com/Women-Pill-May-Live-Longer-7721171</link><guid>http://www.fitsugar.com/Women-Pill-May-Live-Longer-7721171806</guid><description>Researchers aren't sure why the pill would increase longevity in women. It may have to do with suppressing ovulation or the fact that women on the pill generally live healthier lifestyles. What they do know is that the benefits of taking the pill ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Do You Take Birth Control Pills?</title><link>http://www.fitsugar.com/Women-Pill-May-Live-Longer-7721171?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fitsugar+%28FitSugar+-+Healthy%2C+happy+you.%29</link><guid>http://www.fitsugar.com/Women-Pill-May-Live-Longer-7721171?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fitsugar+%28FitSugar+-+Healthy%2C+happy+you.%29807</guid><description>Some good news just came in for women on the pill. In a new study, British researchers discovered that those who took birth control pills lived longer than those who didn't. The study followed 46,000 women for nearly 40 years, most of whom were on the pill for about four years.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:25:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Birth-Control Pills Reduce Cancer, Lengthen Women's Lives in 40-Year Study</title><link>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&amp;sid=amLgSVxKl4zw</link><guid>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&amp;sid=amLgSVxKl4zw808</guid><description>Birth-control pills may lead to longer lives for women, according to a 40-year study that showed users were less likely to die of heart disease, cancer or a range of other medical ailments.</description><category>Health,Medicine,Stroke</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:09:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canadian women launch lawsuit against Bayer birth ... - Nationalpost.com</title><link>http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/posted/archive/2010/03/12/canadian-women-launch-lawsuit-against-bayer-birth-controll-pills.aspx</link><guid>http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/posted/archive/2010/03/12/canadian-women-launch-lawsuit-against-bayer-birth-controll-pills.aspx809</guid><description>A group of Canadian women have launched two separate class-action lawsuits against Bayer Inc. and the company's birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin. Both suits suggest the contraceptives have caused serious medical emergencies, such as blood clots ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Teva sues over birth-control pills - Philadelphia Daily News</title><link>http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20100312_Teva_Pharmaceutical_Industries_Ltd___the_largest_generic-drug_mak.html</link><guid>http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20100312_Teva_Pharmaceutical_Industries_Ltd___the_largest_generic-drug_mak.html810</guid><description>Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the largest generic-drug maker in the world, is suing Mylan Inc. to stop it from selling copies of the birth-control pills LoSeasonique and Seasonique, Bloomberg News reported. Mylan, the biggest U.S. maker of ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Let's talk about sex: Kids, parents and teachers say ... - Guam Pacific Daily News</title><link>http://www.guampdn.com/article/20100313/LIFESTYLE/3130318/Let+s+talk+about+sex++Kids++parents+and+teachers+say+there+isn+t+enough+sex+education+on+island</link><guid>http://www.guampdn.com/article/20100313/LIFESTYLE/3130318/Let+s+talk+about+sex++Kids++parents+and+teachers+say+there+isn+t+enough+sex+education+on+island811</guid><description>... on Guam conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 45 percent of all high school students had had sex. Only 35 percent of those students had reported using a condom during their last sexual ... AIDS is transmitted until ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oral Contraceptives May Decrease Death Risk ... - ABC News</title><link>http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/birth-control-pills-reduce-cancer-death/story?id=10084482</link><guid>http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/birth-control-pills-reduce-cancer-death/story?id=10084482812</guid><description>Taking "the pill" won't increase a woman's risk of death -- in fact, oral contraceptive users may live longer, researchers say. How birth control pills may affect our ability to find a proper mate. In a population-based study of women in the U.K ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:49:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Want to get buff, ladies? Switch contraceptives - Vancouver Sun</title><link>http://www.vancouversun.com/Want+buff+ladies+Switch+contraceptives/1507477/story.html</link><guid>http://www.vancouversun.com/Want+buff+ladies+Switch+contraceptives/1507477/story.html813</guid><description>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Young women seeking a sculpted, muscular silhouette may want to avoid taking oral contraceptives, U.S. researchers said on Friday. They found women who were not taking birth control pills gained 60 percent more muscle mass after a ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:38:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Birth control knowledge lacking in developing world - Vancouver Sun</title><link>http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Birth+control+knowledge+lacking+developing+world/1337146/story.html</link><guid>http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Birth+control+knowledge+lacking+developing+world/1337146/story.html814</guid><description>Lack of knowledge, access problems and side-effect fears were the "overarching themes" limiting the women's use of hormonal contraceptives such as the birth control pill or hormone implants, Dr. Lisa M. Williamson of the MRC Social and Public Health ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Overactive Thyroid, Birth Control - myfoxny.com</title><link>http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/overactive-thyroid-birth-control-20100312</link><guid>http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/overactive-thyroid-birth-control-20100312815</guid><description>BIRTH CONTROL LONG-TERM: A new study finds that taking birth control pills does not create a long term health risk. This was a large study that contradicts earlier research. These researchers followed over 40,000 women for 40 years. 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A Saskatchewan-based law firm has launched class-action lawsuits against the maker of the widely-prescribed birth control pills known as Yaz and Yasmin, but Bayer Inc. maintains the drugs are safe. 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Researchers at University of California, San Francisco have discovered the chemical change that can start sperm swimming.</description><category>UC San Francisco</category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:14:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Effortlessly Switch Between Birth Control Pills</title><link>http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2464180/how_to_effortlessly_switch_between.html</link><guid>http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2464180/how_to_effortlessly_switch_between.html822</guid><description>Many women today use birth control pills as their primary method of preventing pregnancy, but switching between different birth control pills presents many problems for many women.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:23:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What's in Your Birth Control Pills?</title><link>http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-rss/whats-in-your-birth-control-pills-130196.php</link><guid>http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-rss/whats-in-your-birth-control-pills-130196.php823</guid><description>One of the older elements in the medicalization of women's sexuality is The Pill.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>N.J. Court Weighing Mass Tort Status for Suits Over Birth Control Pills</title><link>http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202435267448&amp;rss=newswire</link><guid>http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202435267448&amp;rss=newswire660</guid><description>The New Jersey judiciary is considering a request from Passaic County, N.J.'s top judge for mass tort status for a growing number of suits alleging strokes and other serious health problems from the oral contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:57:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Before Using Oral Birth Control Pills..</title><link>http://www.tipsanswers.com/2009/health/before-using-oral-birth-control-pills/</link><guid>http://www.tipsanswers.com/2009/health/before-using-oral-birth-control-pills/661</guid><description>When it comes to choosing oral birth control pills, the important thing is to find something that works effectively and something that you never forget to take or use so that you do not have to worry about the result.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:13:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Birth Control Options - Explained</title><link>http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Health/Birth-Control-Options-Explained.html</link><guid>http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Health/Birth-Control-Options-Explained.html662</guid><description>Are you confused by all the birth control options out there? In the last 10 years, there have been so many advances in pregnancy prevention that it's easy to get overwhelmed when deciding which one is right for you.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:12:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Birth Control Pills Might Alter Mate Selection: Study</title><link>http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=106340</link><guid>http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=106340663</guid><description>Could birth control pills be taking human evolution in a whole new, and possibly detrimental, direction? A review of past research finds that, by altering hormonal cycles, the pill might affect choice of mates among members of both genders in a way that could hinder successful reproduction in the future.</description><category>Human Sexuality,Health</category><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Increased Stroke Risk From Birth Control Pills, Review Finds</title><link>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091026152820.htm</link><guid>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091026152820.htm664</guid><description>Her speech suddenly became slurred, and her left hand became clumsy while eating.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:16:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Increased Stroke Risk From Birth Control Pills</title><link>http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=168776</link><guid>http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=168776665</guid><description>She was only 30 years old, but she was experiencing the classic symptoms of a stroke.</description><category>Hospital Administration,Healthcare Industry</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:32:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Increased Stroke Risk from Birth Control Pills</title><link>http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/557888/?sc=rsmn</link><guid>http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/557888/?sc=rsmn666</guid><description>She was only 30 years old, but she was experiencing the classic symptoms of a stroke.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Malcolm Gladwell Explains Enron, Birth-Control Pills, Nassim Taleb: Books</title><link>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&amp;sid=aIpo08ql5cbM</link><guid>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&amp;sid=aIpo08ql5cbM667</guid><description>Serial killers, bad dogs, late bloomers, mammograms, the lady who wrote, a oeIf Ia ve only one life, let me live it as a blonde!a -- Malcolm Gladwell can write engrossingly about just about anything.</description><category>Science / Technology,Inventions</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:45:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Abortion, Birth Control Pills, Raises Breast Cancer Risk</title><link>http://breastcancer.about.com/b/2010/01/08/abortion-birth-control-pills.htm</link><guid>http://breastcancer.about.com/b/2010/01/08/abortion-birth-control-pills.htm668</guid><description>In 2003, the U.S. National Cancer Institute sought to reassure women that using birth control pills would not raise their risk for breast cancer.</description><category>Medicine,Breast Cancer,Health</category><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:57:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Heed the warning signs of stroke</title><link>http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100108/NEWS13/1080308/-1/rss28</link><guid>http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100108/NEWS13/1080308/-1/rss28669</guid><description>Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the country behind heart disease and cancer and causes more serious long-term disabilities than any other disease.</description><category>Stroke</category><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Haiti: US Now Working to Prevent Child Trafficking - We're Needed</title><link>http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2643605/haiti_us_now_working_to_prevent_child.html</link><guid>http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2643605/haiti_us_now_working_to_prevent_child.html670</guid><description>We all know what's going on in Haiti. Beginning January 12th, 2010, the country was rocked by a devastating 7.0 magnatude earthquake, to be followed by a 6.1 aftershock.</description><category>Earthquake,Natural Disasters</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:13:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Yaz, Yasmin Birth Control Pills Prompt New Round of Lawsuits</title><link>http://www.dfwcatholic.org/yaz-yasmin-birth-control-pills-prompt-new-round-of-lawsuits7555/.html</link><guid>http://www.dfwcatholic.org/yaz-yasmin-birth-control-pills-prompt-new-round-of-lawsuits7555/.html671</guid><description>Jesse, the mother of a newborn in Bloomfield, NE, began taking the birth control pill Yasmin and never suspected it would cause problems.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:41:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Yaz, Yasmin Birth Control Pills Prompt New Round of Lawsuits</title><link>http://www.catholic.org/prwire/headline.php?ID=8511</link><guid>http://www.catholic.org/prwire/headline.php?ID=8511672</guid><description>Jesse, the mother of a newborn in Bloomfield, NE, began taking the birth control pill Yasmin and never suspected it would cause problems.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:24:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>