Recent evidence from long term observations of hundreds of thousands of women, in 10 European Countries, clearly demonstrated that the use of oral contraceptives reduced mortality by roughly 10%. Despite all described thromboembolism risks, apparently.
Reference
doi: 10.1186/s12916-015-0484-3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4627614/
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Recent evidence from long term observations of hundreds of thousands of women, in 10 European Countries, clearly demonstrated that the use of oral contraceptives reduced mortality by roughly 10%. Despite all described thromboembolism risks, apparently.
Reference
doi: 10.1186/s12916-015-0484-3.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4627614/
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