December 10, 2004

Scientists: Pill study was wrong

Top Women\'s Health Initiative scientists repudiated a recent study from Wayne State about the birth control pill, saying the report was unauthorized, seriously flawed and simply wrong. Age was just one of the biases that marred the oral contraceptive report and there was another flaw, called survivor bias. The Women\'s Health Initiative enrolled generally healthy women, and there was no way to account for the missing women who might have been casualties of the pill\'s serious adverse effects. The Wayne State University researchers, including Drs. Rahi Victory, Michael Diamond and Susan Hendrix, have not returned calls for comment.

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