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Oral Contraceptives Increase Risk of Plaques
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Title Oral Contraceptives Increase Risk of Plaques
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/565874?src=rss
Description Otherwise healthy young women who are past users of oral contraceptives have a 20% to 30% increased risk for carotid or femoral atherosclerosis vs women who have never used the pill. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Nov 15, 2007
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