A new Danish study has found that women who have taken oral contraceptives at any point in their lives are 50% more likely to develop a certain type of brain cancer.
Lifesitenews.com is reporting that the study, published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology focused on women between the ages of 15 and 49 who had been diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer known as glioma. This is the same kind of brain cancer that afflicted Brittany Maynard, the 29 year-old woman whose celebrated suicide in November of last year is being exploited by pro-euthanasia groups.
Researchers found that women who used hormonal contraceptives – those containing estrogen, progestin, or a combination of the two – at any point in their life were 50 percent more likely to develop the cancer. Women who used the pill for five years or longer were twice as likely to develop it.
However, because of the rarity of the cancer, even a doubling of the risk is still too small for concern, said lead researcher, Dr. David Gaist, to Time Magazine.
Gaist, a neurologist at Odense University Hospital and the University of Southern Denmark, believes the results of his research “shouldn’t yet be interpreted as a reason to stop taking birth control” because “an overall risk-benefit evaluation favors continued use of hormonal contraceptives.”
Doctor Santosh Kesari, director of neuro-oncology at the University of California San Diego agreed, saying the results are something women should be aware of, “but I don’t think there is enough evidence to say don’t use it.”
He also said that there is no indication that rates of glioma cancer have spiked since the launch of hormonal contraceptives.
This is just the latest in a long list of health risks to women who use oral contraceptives which were classified in 2005 by the World Health Organization as Group 1 carcinogens. Women who use them are at increased risk of cervical cancer, heart attacks, blood clots, stroke, loss of bone density, breast cancer, prostate cancer, bladder disease and association with Atherosclerosis.
There is also increasing evidence that secretions of the hormones found in the urine of women taking the pill have been causing problems with the nation’s water supply and are wreaking with wildlife. It has also been linked to early puberty in girls and decreased fertility rates in men.
“We have known for years that there are severe risks to women’s health from the birth control pill and similar products,” said Jim Sedlak, vice-president of the American Life League to LifeSiteNews.
The latest study is a “first” for two reasons, he said.
“First, it ties the use of the pill to the brain tumor,” he said. “But, what may be more significant, problems with the pill have normally been attributed to the estrogen in the pill. This study shows the harm done by progestin-only pills was actually greater in this case.”
The conclusion, he said, is that “. . . there really are not any safe birth control pills.”
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