Flaws Seen in Birth Control Pills' Studies

From: Roman Bystrianyk (rbystrianyk_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/18/04

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    http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.php?event=news_print_list_item&id=479

    "Flaws Seen in Birth Control Pills' Studies", Los Angeles Times,
    December 16, 2004,
    Link:
    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pill16dec16,1,4385484.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

    Federal officials Wednesday backed away from the findings of two major
    studies on birth control pills, saying the research was flawed and that
    a new analysis shows there is no evidence that oral contraceptives cut
    the risk of heart disease.

    The research, presented at a medical meeting in October, created a stir
    because it was from the nation's largest women's health study and found
    that women on the pill had lower risks of heart disease and no
    increased risk of breast cancer. That was contrary to what many
    previous studies had found.

    But Dr. Barbara Alving of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute,
    which funds and oversees the women's health study, said the work by
    researchers from Wayne State University in Detroit had not been
    reviewed by the study's leaders or the government before it was
    presented.

    A new analysis determined that the heart findings were flawed and that
    the breast cancer findings also were suspect.

    Previous studies have found that pill users have a small, increased
    risk of blood clots, heart attacks and stroke, Alving said.

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