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| Birth Control Pills Associated With Thinning of Brain Structures |
| 2015-05-18 |
| [Breitbart] A new study finds the use of birth control pills is associated with significantly lower cortical thickness in certain brain structures believed to be important in the response to emotional stimuli. The study, published by the journal Human Brain Mapping, states that oral contraceptives (OCs) "contain steroid hormones that may affect the brain's structure and function." Researchers Nicole Petersen, Alexandra Touroutoglou, Joseph Andreano, and Larry Cahill studied 90 women, 44 users of the combination form of oral contraceptives, and 46 non-users, and compared the cortical thickness and volume of various brain regions between the two groups. They found significant thinning in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex and the posterior cingulate cortex in the women on birth control pills. "These regions are believed to be important for responding to rewards and evaluating internal states/incoming stimuli, respectively," the authors write. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Explains modern feminism. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-05-18 22:09 |
| #8 Topped that with a bourbon, did you B? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-05-18 17:28 |
| #7 I just finished off a country fried steak, mashed, and butter beans. Never get preggies from butter beans. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-05-18 14:11 |
| #6 The less you put in your body the better... that includes all human holes. |
| Posted by: airandee 2015-05-18 13:31 |
| #5 OS, I believe the Catholics have a point with their opposition to contraception, especially the oral types. Most of the lefties who love consequence-free sex for everyone and don't mind ingesting regulatory hormones, are also the same ones who shop at Whole Foods so they don't have to eat hormone injected chickens. They also think it is OK for 8 year old children to begin life long hormone treatments to correct birth "gender errors". Nuts! |
| Posted by: ConstantCough 2015-05-18 12:25 |
| #4 Big Pharma is having some difficulties, brain tissue reduction discoveries, etc, but the manufacturing of Low Information Voters must continue. Merck is ready to settle NuvaRing lawsuits for $100M February 7, 2014 | By Eric Palmer The drugmaker may be getting off cheaply compared to other settlements for contraceptive risks The risks of women developing a blood clot while using certain contraceptives are well known and have spawned thousands of lawsuits and resulted in billions of dollars in payments. Now it is Merck's ($MRK) turn to pony up, with a $100 million settlement that some say lets it off cheap. The New Jersey drugmaker is prepared to make the payment to settle 1,700 lawsuits tied to its NuvaRing contraceptive device, Bloomberg reports, first citing sources and then a judge's comment in a hearing today. While a $100 million settlement averages out to more than $58,000 a claim, the product earned it $686 million last year, according to its recent earnings report. It's also a fraction of what Bayer has laid out to settle lawsuits over its Yaz and Yasmin products, Bloomberg points out. The German drugmaker has reported having spent more than $1.6 billion over the years to resolve litigation over the contraceptives. In 2012, it agreed to pay $110 million to settle the first 500 of 11,000 lawsuit, which meant an average payout of about $220,000. But then Bayer's birth control products earn it more than $1 billion a year. "Merck may be getting out much more cheaply than its competitors because proving the liability case against the NuvaRing device appears to be more difficult than against the other contraceptives," Carl Tobias, who teaches liability law at the University of Richmond in Virginia, told Bloomberg. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-05-18 10:52 |
| #3 How's that 'Free Love' working out for you? Soon to replace asbestos as tort lawyers' TV commercial hook. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-05-18 09:44 |
| #2 Drain bamage. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-05-18 09:27 |
| #1 That may explain some people. Well, Catholic doctrine looks smart now, eh? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-05-18 09:27 |