A cross-sectional study of different patterns of oral contraceptive use among premenopa... - 0 views
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Nathan Goodyear on 20 Feb 13Birth control pills were found to reduce IGF-1 levels in the short term and long term. Those that had used birth control pills had lower IGF-1 levels compared to those that had never used birth control pills. This fits with the current knowledge that oral estrogen reduces HGH and IGF-1. Those were in post-menopausal women, but this is in pre-menopaus women. This has implications on health, weight, disease...