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Women who take birth control bills do not have a higher long-term death risk than women who do not take birth control bills, according to recent report published in the British Medical Journal. Doctors conducted the study with a large sample of women over a forty year period.

The recent findings announced in the British Medical Journal contradict earlier studies which suggested that birth control bills were linked to higher rates of certain fatal diseases in later life. The new findings of the study have found that there is no difference in death rates between women who take birth control pills for ten years or more and women who have never taken the pill.

The study did find that women who do take birth control pills are more likely to suffer from a violent or accidental death within the first few years of taking oral contraception. An older woman may benefit from continuing to take the pills as a form of estrogen therapy, even after going through menopause. The initial reports from the same group suggested a link between vascular conditions in old age and the use of birth control pills. The new findings counteract earlier findings of the Royal College of General Practitioners.