Evaluating your likely current (and near future) state of health means taking into account the risk factors — such as birth control pill use — that affect you. Our medical diagnosis tool, The Analyst™, identifies major risk factors by asking the right questions.
Are you currently taking birth control pills?
Possible responses:
→ Don't know→ No → Yes, for a year or less → Yes, for 2-4 years → Yes, for more than 4 years |
Statistics now show that the wide use of the Pill has given rise to health hazards such as breast cancer, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease on a scale previously unknown in medicine.
Estrogen-containing birth control pills can raise serum copper levels.
Statistics now show that the wide use of the Pill has given rise to health hazards such as breast cancer, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease on a scale previously unknown in medicine.
Birth control pills reduce the folic acid content in the body.
Increased risk of gallstone formation has been observed in women who take oral contraceptives. Women of childbearing age using oral contraceptives may want to select one with a low estrogen level to reduce their risk, or use other methods of birth control.
Statistics now show that the wide use of the Pill has given rise to health hazards such as breast cancer, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease on a scale previously unknown in medicine.
Those on birth control pills should take supplemental magnesium.