The researchers also found that the most common contraceptives used by the dead women were third-generation pills. The researchers said that up to now it has been thought that 98 per cent of pill users would survive a major blood clot - and that clots affected no more than two in every 10,000 women. While deaths from pulmonary embolism are rare among users of oral contraceptives, the absolute risks should not be thought of as infinitesimally small. Oral contraceptives have many benefits, but efforts to minimise the occurrence of this rare adverse effect must continue. Teenagers are under threat from the large amounts of fizzy drinks they consume - and their bones are suffering, according to alarming new findings.
New findings show that drinking fizz trebles the chances of a teenaged girl breaking a bone.
Researchers warned that chemicals found in carbonated drinks may be weakening the bones of growing young people. Researchers at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, questioned more than 400 young women about their drinking habits and level of physical activity. Athletic teenagers who refreshed themselves with pop faced five times the risk of bone fracture of their sporting contemporaries. Nearly 80 per cent of the teenagers drank carbonated substances - and nearly half of them only drank cola drinks. Researcher Dr Grace Wyshak warned that the drinks contain phosphorus which could lead to weakening of the bones.