Oral contraceptives increase the risk of ischemic stroke, but this risk is very small among women who do not have other stroke risk factors, according to a Jan. 3, 2018 paper in the journal MedLink Neurology by Loyola Medicine stroke specialists.
Birth control pills do not increase the risk of hemorrhagic strokes, wrote neurologists Sarkis Morales-Vidal, MD, and José Biller, MD. Ischemic strokes, which account for about 85 percent of all strokes, are caused by blood clots. Hemorrhagic strokes are caused by bleeding in the brain.
Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain why oral contraceptives increase stroke risk, including by raising blood pressure and by making blood hypercoagulable (more likely to clot).
Hormonal Contraception and Stroke
(Score: 5, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday March 07 2018, @04:24AM (2 children)
The pro-coagulant effects of hormonal BC have been known about for decades. Estrogen-containing drugs of all stripes have big fat warnings on them not to take them if you've ever had DVT/PE or are at high risk for blood clots, e.g., if you have Factor V Leiden. The article, which is a paywalled journal article, has a cite dated *1962* for the love of Sappho!
What's more interesting is how resistant doctors were to warning patients about these things early on, and exactly who these drugs were being tested on...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Wednesday March 07 2018, @02:34PM
For the life of me I can't imagine why a lesbian's love has to be invoked in the context of birth control. (grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @08:50PM
When I was a young man I used to rely on Mother Nature's very own contraceptives, namely garlic, onions and an overtly cynical attitude fueled by unhealthy and anti-social quantities of alcohol.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @04:28AM (16 children)
My wife and I met as virgins. We had a Catholic wedding. We've been faithful. We follow the teachings of Pope John Paul II on birth control.
BTW, at 11 and counting, I'm outbreeding the average sinner by a factor of 5. The future belongs to those who show up.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @04:35AM (1 child)
More offspring just means more targets for our Satanization program. Your numbers "advantage" will be your downfall.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @10:52AM
Scientific experiments [youtube.com] work well too!
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @04:50AM (8 children)
Mary and Joseph only had one kid. What gives you the belief that you're better than the Mother of God and need to have more kids than her? When scriptures talk about going forth and multiplying, they're taking about mathematics. Everyone should become experts at mathematics. It's the language of the universe, which God created, thus it's the language of God.
The rhythm method, done properly, is the most effective form of birth control. Don't talk to me about any abstinence bullshit. Mary got pregnant without having sex before she was married. You should only practice abstinence if you're willing to risk getting impregnated by God* and all that entails for your offspring and the rest of your life. Not worth it if you ask me. Better to have sex than risk that. If you don't have sex as soon as possible you're taking major risks with the direction of your life. It could be taken completely out of your control.
*or if you're willing to risk the person you love getting impregnated by God (for those people who can count to 21 but not 22)
(Score: 2, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday March 07 2018, @05:00AM
For Catholics, the rhythm method is the best birth control. So many proud Catholic parents do that. But for everybody else, ass sex works great. Very hard for someone to get pregnant that way. But the Catholic Bible says don't do it!
(Score: 3, Interesting) by SomeGuy on Wednesday March 07 2018, @05:18AM (2 children)
There is no such thing as god, obviously, but most religions encourage their members to reproduce like rats in order to increase that religion's numbers/power/monies. It is that simple.
Just a friendly reminder: please have your humans spayed or neutered!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @05:40AM (1 child)
The life of a parent: spend 20 years telling your children to not have sex or children, no matter what. Then the next 20 years telling them to have sex and children, no matter what.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @12:07PM
The life of a parent of Millennials :- spending that second 20 years being told how impossible it is to have sex and children when you're in the next bedroom.
(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Wednesday March 07 2018, @08:18AM
“I'll say one thing for Catholics: they do have natural rhythm!” (Lord Percy, Black Adder II)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @11:03AM
For birth control [youtube.com]. No estrogen required!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @12:11PM (1 child)
Mary and Joseph only had one documented kid.
(How many kids do the Osbournes have?)
(Score: 4, Informative) by Freeman on Wednesday March 07 2018, @05:01PM
Matthew 13:55-56
55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
He had siblings. They just aren't mentioned much. I've attended many a church service and heard many sermons. For the life of me, I can't remember a single one that focused on the fact that he had brothers and sisters.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @05:24AM (2 children)
Where is the "-1, retarded nigger" mod when you need it?
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @05:33AM
The Catholic church welcomes those who are retarded nigger. It also welcomes those who are just one of those or neither. You won't even be asked if you are or are not retarded or nigger.
Retarded niggers, along with all other parishioners, are expected to remain virgin until married. They are expected to be married in a Catholic ceremony. They are expected to stay faithful. They are expected to follow the teachings of Pope John Paul II on birth control.
Catholics do not lower their expectations for retarded niggers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @12:09PM
Pope Saint John Paul II, if you please.
I mean, would you say "Mr. Evil"?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @08:26AM (1 child)
You'll die and rot just like everything else. Spreading your genes around means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things. The universe doesn't care about you or anyone else; it can't.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @12:15PM
How dare you presume I'm organic.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @04:32AM (2 children)
Life increases the chance of death, the chance being about 100%.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @04:54AM (1 child)
In the absence of death there is only life. In the absence of life there is no death. Clearly one is superior to the other.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @04:37PM
Without death, there is no evolution. Complex life is impossible without death.
(Score: 2) by Subsentient on Wednesday March 07 2018, @09:05AM (2 children)
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @02:28PM (1 child)
Plunging a person's asshole smells awful.
Most people are not like porn stars; most people have not fasted the night before sex, and have not douched in advance of penetration. Blech.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday March 07 2018, @02:48PM
No, it's not that. It's called santorum [wikipedia.org]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford