Re: Flaws Seen in Birth Control Pills' Studies

From: Sharon Hope (shope_at_anet.net)
Date: 12/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 20:17:17 GMT

Might the finders of "flaws" have been representatives from the Statin
industry protecting their turf?

Every study has some flaws - most discussions of 'flaws' don't command this
kind of publicity.

"Roman Bystrianyk" <rbystrianyk@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1103338361.139555.155080@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> 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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