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Surgeon: birth control pill a ‘molotov cocktail’ for breast cancer
Life Site News ^ | December 6, 2010 | KATHLEEN GILBERT

Posted on 12/07/2010 11:17:27 AM PST by NYer

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1 posted on 12/07/2010 11:17:31 AM PST by NYer
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2 posted on 12/07/2010 11:18:31 AM PST by NYer ("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
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Because breast tissue remains susceptible to cancer until it undergoes a stabilizing transformation in the childbearing process, said Lanfranchi, the pill is particularly dangerous to women who have not yet had their first child: perhaps the most popular demographic among pill users in the U.S.

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I didn’t know this either. Childbearing makes women less likely to have breast cancer?


3 posted on 12/07/2010 11:24:22 AM PST by November 2010
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I didn’t know this either. Childbearing makes women less likely to have breast cancer?

So does breastfeeding.
4 posted on 12/07/2010 11:26:07 AM PST by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: November 2010
Childbearing makes women less likely to have breast cancer?

Absolutely. Childbearing reduces the risk of breast cancer. Link

5 posted on 12/07/2010 11:29:48 AM PST by SC DOC
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BC was the only thing that helped my wife’s horrendous periods. They were literally debilitating. She could not work for 3-4 days while on her period until she was prescribed the pill 20 years ago.


6 posted on 12/07/2010 11:36:25 AM PST by hoyt-clagwell (5:00 AM Gym Crew)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

Isn’t it funny. If we use our bodies as they were designed to be used they are healthier?


7 posted on 12/07/2010 11:37:22 AM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: November 2010

“I didn’t know this either. Childbearing makes women less likely to have breast cancer?”

It’s a hormonal thing.

You have a higher rate of ovarian cancer if you are childless, also.

Breastfeeding is also a hormonal thing. Breastfeeding is best for mother and baby when possible.

By the time you have breastfed for seven years (total, not continual!) you have almost 0% chance of getting breast cancer.


8 posted on 12/07/2010 11:37:25 AM PST by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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BUMP!
The BCP lobby is very clever the way they package their non-scientific studies.
Never using control groups containing women who have NEVER taken BCPs.


9 posted on 12/07/2010 11:38:32 AM PST by G Larry (When you're right, avoid compromise!)
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To: hoyt-clagwell

Yes, hormones are often prescribed that way. It is not really natural for a female human to have periods every month year after year. Normally she would be pregnant or nursing for much of her life.


10 posted on 12/07/2010 11:39:38 AM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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More of the “Poison Fruit of the Tree of Liberalism”.


11 posted on 12/07/2010 11:40:44 AM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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Absolutely. Childbearing reduces the risk of breast cancer

Michelle Duggar is going to live to age 150....

12 posted on 12/07/2010 11:42:32 AM PST by hoyt-clagwell (5:00 AM Gym Crew)
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What a suprise.

Not.

13 posted on 12/07/2010 11:46:37 AM PST by Celtic Cross (I AM the Impeccable Hat. (AKA The Pope's Hat))
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Expect to see this reported on CBS, NBC, ABC and MSNBC—because they love you (and run tons of pharma commercials).

They love you so much and want you safe—LOL!


14 posted on 12/07/2010 11:50:05 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (Fix bayonets!)
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She may have been (and could be) suffering from fibroids. A simple ultrasound will show if this is the case.


15 posted on 12/07/2010 11:56:31 AM PST by MeganC (January 20, 2013)
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Yes, hormones are often prescribed that way. It is not really natural for a female human to have periods every month year after year. Normally she would be pregnant or nursing for much of her life.

She tried everything. We were both concerned about the cancer risk but when going through what she did that pretty much went out of the window. Her condition was so bad she even did some experimental clinicals at several universities but to no avail.

The last several years she has pretty much weaned herself off of BC as she enters into what Archie Bunker called "the change". (that was a great show)

16 posted on 12/07/2010 11:56:31 AM PST by hoyt-clagwell (5:00 AM Gym Crew)
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To: MeganC
She may have been (and could be) suffering from fibroids. A simple ultrasound will show if this is the case

I think that was probably checked with what she was going through. Alot of what she went through was before we were married so I don't know all the exact details. She had it under control by then for the most part.

17 posted on 12/07/2010 11:59:30 AM PST by hoyt-clagwell (5:00 AM Gym Crew)
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Absolutely. Childbearing reduces the risk of breast cancer

Most things, such as pregnancy (rather than childbirth), later menarche, earlier menopause, and breastfeeding, that suppress monthly cycles of ovulation, will reduce the risk of breast cancer. On the one extreme, all girls who began their menarche in their teens, got pregnant every other year for 20 years starting in their teen years, breastfed each baby for two years, and then entered menopause in their 30s would, as a group, have the lowest risk of breast cancer. On the other extreme, celibate nuns who went through menopause in their 60s would, as a group, have the highest risk of breast cancer.
18 posted on 12/07/2010 12:01:09 PM PST by aruanan
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A lot of women are on birth control due to endometriosis. My little niece just had to go on them. Poor little thing.


19 posted on 12/07/2010 12:05:45 PM PST by Paved Paradise
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

It is my understanding (and this is old news) that childbearing prevents a lot of things. A woman’s body was not meant to have so many menstrual cycles. However, let’s be honest and admit that many pregnancies also wreaks some havoc on women’s bodies as well and that doesn’t even count the risk of the labor and deliver aspect.

P.S. I AM Pro-Life!


20 posted on 12/07/2010 12:09:46 PM PST by Paved Paradise
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