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Lower your risk of birth control pill related blood clots

Lower your risk of birth control pill related blood clots

Recent studies show that the risk of blood clots associated with birth control can be decreased significantly depending on the chemical makeup of your birth control pill.”Oral contraceptives with levonorgestrel and a low dose of estrogen are associated with the lowest risk of venous thrombosis [blood clots] and are therefore the safest option,” says Astrid van Hylckama Vlieg, PhD, a research fellow at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, and the lead author of … Read entire article »

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