New study on MS and oral contraceptives.Harvard Harvard, town (1990 pop. 12,329), Worcester co., E central Mass.; inc. 1732. A Shaker house and cemetery, a Native American museum, and a Harvard observatory are there. researchers published a study in the September 2005 Archives of Neurology The Archives of Neurology is a monthly professional medical journal published by the American Medical Association. Archives of Neurology publishes original, peer-reviewed scientific research of the nervous system as well as the various mechanisms of disease. suggesting that women who use oral contraceptives Oral Contraceptives Definition Oral contraceptives are medicines taken by mouth to help prevent pregnancy. They are also known as the Pill, OCs, or birth control pills. are less likely to develop MS. The study was funded in part by the National MS Society. Using a United Kingdom medical database, researchers compared records of 106 women with definite or probable MS who had been followed for at least three years before the onset of symptoms with those of 1,001 women without MS. They found a 40% reduction in MS risk among women who had been taking oral contraceptives during the previous three years. This study provides support for the idea that hormones Hormones Chemicals produced by glands in the body that circulate in the blood and control the actions of cells and organs. Estrogens are hormones that affect breast cancer growth. Mentioned in: Breast Cancer, Hypoparathyroidism influence MS, but not direct evidence that oral contraceptives can prevent MS. |
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