They are both Group 1 Carcinogens according to the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer’s 2011 Report.
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What do Asbestos and Oral Contraceptives Have In Common?
Tagged with: breast cancer, cancer, carcinogens, contraception, estrogens, hormones, IARC, oral contraceptives, progesterone, progestin, progestogen, The Pill
Posted in Gallery, Women's Health
Posted in Gallery, Women's Health
Breast Cancer and Oral Contraceptives
From Breast Cancer and the Pill The Pill increases a woman’s risk of breast cancer. Why? Because oral contraceptives cause a significantly higher rate of breast cell division, and in general, cells that divide more rapidly are more likely to…
Tagged with: breast cancer, cancer, carcinogen, contraception, hormones, oral contraceptives, The Pill
Posted in The Scientific Perspective, Women's Health
Posted in The Scientific Perspective, Women's Health
Hormone Contents in Oral Contraceptives are Carcinogens
From pro-choice website Livestrong: Types of Birth Control Pills & Their Hormone Doses There are two main types of oral contraceptive birth control pills (OCPs): pills containing a combination of ethinyl estradiol (EE, a synthetic form of estrogen) and progestin…
Oral Contraceptives: Group 1 Carcinogen
Tagged with: breast cancer, cancer, cancer-causing, carcinogen, contraception, IARC, oral contraceptives, The Pill, WHO
Posted in The Scientific Perspective, Women's Health
Posted in The Scientific Perspective, Women's Health
Don’t Lie To Women!
Tagged with: cancer, carcinogen, carcinogenicity, carcinogens, OCPs, WHO, women's health
Posted in Exposés, Women's Health
Posted in Exposés, Women's Health
Cayetano/Cabral/Salonga vs the RH Bill
DZIQ: Oral contraceptives have ‘more health benefits’—ex-DoH chief What exactly are the greater health benefits with using oral contraceptives, Dr. Cabral? Does anyone become healthier by using hormonal OCPs? This is “essential medicine”? When asked whether it was true that…
Tagged with: breast cancer, cancer, cancer risk, carcinogens, hormonal contraceptives, OCPs, oral contraceptives, pills, side effects, women's health
Posted in The Scientific Perspective, Women's Health
Posted in The Scientific Perspective, Women's Health
Into the Light: Protecting Health and Lives of Mothers
Let’s talk about what it would really take to protect the health and lives of Filipino women. And no, it won’t take the RH Bill to do it.
Tagged with: cancer, contraception, DOH, essential medicines, intra-uterine device, IUDs, Lancet, maternal deaths, maternal health, medical, MMR, morbidity, mortality, mothers, oral contraceptives, pregnancy, UN, UNFPA, WHO, women's health
Posted in Exposés, The Scientific Perspective, Women's Health
Posted in Exposés, The Scientific Perspective, Women's Health
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